New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 15, 1930, Page 15

Sbeaking of Sports The Seneca baseball team will hold its first practice of the year at Willow Brook park Saturday after- noon at 2 o'clock. Officials of the club expect to have one of ‘the best teams in the history of the club. A few new faces will be scen in the lineup this year. Among these are Mickoy Noonan of last year's Falcons; . Belanger' and Kenure, catchers; Gill, Wendroski and Bar- becki, outfielders and “Goody” and Eddie Preisser, Bucheri and Walicki, infielders. Others who will be trying out for the team will be Jack Argosy, lead- ing hitter in the Industrial Baseball league last season and first baseman; “Bunk” McKnerney, Art Krause and “Wink”” Venturo. McCormick and Casey, last year's pitchers, “will probably be with the team again. Any other candidates wishing to try out, are invited to the practice. The Republican A. C. junior base- ball team will hold a practice se: sion tonight at 5:30 o'clock at the Washington diamond. Bascball prospects Britain high school are especially bright this year according to the material turned out at the first prac- tice session yesterday. In fact, if the candidates and players live up {o their expected ability, the team should be one of the best in recent ye at the New A number of players who within the past few . seasons, have been members of state championship American Legion baseball tcams, arc among those who will battle for places on the high school team and plenty is expected of this aggrega- tion of fence busters when the sea- son really gots under way. The Tirst Lutheran basketball team will meet the Central Baptist five of Hartford at the Hartford Y gymnasium tonight in the first gemi- final game in the state church title playoff. Both teams defeated their opponents in the preliminaries and they are pretty evenly matched. The following communication was reccived this morning: “Tn a previous copy of the Herald I noticed that the Flashy I team from the Boys' club, have laid claim to the junior basketball cham- pionship of the city. They are doing this on the strength of a single vie tory over a pickup team of players from the Junior Church league. The South Church Juniors, winners of the Junior Church league, chal- lenge the Flashy Tive to a game to be played at the Y. M. C. A. The manager of the Flashy Five can make arrangements for the game by calling 2190.” Here is another argument in the championship king. SANDE IN COMEBACK One of Greatest of American Jock- eys for Morc Than a Decade Fin- ishes Out of Money. New York, April 15 (#) — Earle Sande, for a decade one of the great- est of American jockeys, has begun a come-back that he hopes will again put him at or necar the top of the list once more. He was astride F nk Hayes' Roclislide at Havre De Grace yester- day but finished out of the money. The public, rallying to the support of the 52-year-old rider. plunged on Rickslide and he went to the post a well-backed favorite. Sande has hopes of realizing his greatest ambition—the riding of 1,000 winners. Over a riding career of 11 years he has ridden 942 win- ners out of a total of 5.532 mounts accepted. All told, Sande’'s mounts earned $2.642.225. FIRST APPEARANCE Mrs, Helen Wills Moody Defeats mer J. Griffin, Former Californian, in Tennis Match. New York. April 15 (UP)—Mrs. Helen Wills Moody made her first eastern tennis appearance of the year yesterday, defeating Elmer J. Griffin, formerly one of California’s ranking men players, 7-5, 6-3, in an exhibi- tion at Forest Hills yesterday. Mrs. Moody will remain in New York until April for FEurope where she will defend her English and French champion- ships and represent the United States in the Wizhtman Cup matches. CREWS T0 PRACTICE Navy and Massachusctts Institute of Technology Oarsmen to Work Out On Severn River. Annapolis. Md.. April 15 (UP)— Navy and Massachusetts Institute of Technology oarsmen will work out on the Severn Rivér today in prepa- ration for Saturday's triangular re- gatta with Columbia. Each school will race varsity, junior-varsity and 150-pound cights, and and Co- lumbia also will be represented by freshmen crewa. The rezatta, first event of the eastern collegiate rowing season, will he preceded by dedication of Navy's new boat house. HOSPITAL Meridery Conn., April 15 (UP)— “Big Bd” Walsh was home from th» hospital today and in a few weeks hoped to be able to resume his ac- tivity as scout for the Chicago White sox The former Chicago pitching star was discharged vesterday from the Meriden hospital, where he under- went an emergency appendix opera- tion last month. CHIP SHOTS By JIGGER One evidence that golf is fast in- creasing in popularity is the early date’ greens arc opened for play in this section. A few years back, Memorial day was considered the proper date for courses to open offi- cially Now. the local ‘links offer regular greens for spring play about the first Saturday in April, and cven that is hardly early enough to satis- fy the golfers who are keen to start the season. With the new schedule in force, eight months of golf are offered and, with an open winter such as we just have had, the game can be played all the year around with temporary greens in use for only four months. Great advances have been made in the art = of greenskeeping and further advancement in this respect may make it possible in the near future to have the greens in condi- tion for play two or three weeks carlier, during seasons when the weather is favorable, Without any covering this winter, Shuttle Meadow greens came along fast enough to make it safe {o open them April 5. Some method of treating them or covering them may solve the problem of eariier opening, and thereby meet popular demand. Greenskeepers may say it is un- reasonable {o expect earlier open- ings but the opening date now would have appeared a crazy notion a few years ago. And golf has bccome serious business to men who demand and can pay for service. To them traditions ‘mean little if they hold back progress, and it is they who are speeding up golf. The courses in which they are interested improve year by year un- til the land becomes more valuable for building sites. THen the courses are sold and they begin all over. Eventually this may happen at Shut- tle Meadow and Sequin. Meanwhile both courses are changed and improved bit by bit. The fourth hole at Shuttle Mcadow has been improved below the short tee, the sixth is being fixed up around the green, the grade below | the tee of the 14th hole has been improved and a new tee built for the 16th hole, Each scason Val g00d deal of work in this direction. He has made a start toward provid- ing what some clubs have found to be a popular addition to their lay outs—a secondary sct which can be used in the winter. Tt appears marvelous, to any ob- serving golfer, the splendid condi- tion of the fairways in spite of the pounding they get. Emulating the professional in the matter of “taking turf,” it not in the results of so do- ing, a lot of duffers will diz more divots than they make good shots. Nature only partially repairs the damage and it takes a lot of work and costs money to fill the holes and grow new grass. When course is soft, the divot digging fra- ternity form cxpensive club mem- bers, and often are the biggest kick- ers if they find their ball in an old divot mark. Gollers of the type that unneces- sarily damage the tces and fairways are bad enough, but the hot temper- ed players who dig into the greens with their putters, after missing a short putt, do not deserve the privi- leges of any course. One green at when she cails | Shuttle Meadow was marked over the week-cnd by a golfer of this stamp. PROFS BEAT YALE New Haven Eastern Leaguc Basc- Ball Team Tops University Ninc By 6 (o 6 Score. New Haven, Conn.. April The New Haven Profa I ern l.icague baseball club, defeated Yale 9 to 6 vesterday. thanks 1o a home run by Heffner, Prof third baseman when the bags were full in the cighth inning. The collegians had been leading 6| to 5 when Quinn, relief pitcher, weakened and Newton, who re- vlaced him, was unable to help mat- ters. Albie Booth, covering a remark- able amount of territory at shortstop, made two errors but atoned with two runs. MATCHED FOR BOUT New York, April 15 (UP)-—John- ny Indrisano, Boston welterweight . and Tred TFitzgerald of Cleveland have been matched for the 10- round semi-final to the Maxie Ros- enbloom-Larry Johnson fight at Madison Square Garden, April 30. TEACHERS' COACH I"lood does a of greens the | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, APRIL MAKE PLANS FOR LEGION LEAGUE rolled Before June 15 This Year Hartford, April 15—Several thou- |zand Connecticut boys making ready for a repetition this spring of the splendid times they and their clder brothers had last year as pac- ticipants in the American junior baseball program. are Legion This comprehensive undertaking in community betterment and boys' welfare work has been started on its way with the distribution of the Connecticut official rules and in- structions as prepared by the basc- ball commission of the Connecticut department of the American Legion. These rules, prepared by Elmer L. Manning, superintendent of recrea- tion in New Haven. W. S. Alexander of Meriden, department commander of the Legion, and Henry Sullivan of Bridgeport. prominent in last year's program, have been furnished to the officers of every post in the state and it is expected that organiza- tional work will be commenced im- mediately. The program of Legion in junior boys' baseball broad, according to Commissioner Manning. Tt seems to bring as many the American is ganized way, with ership and full competent lead- adult assistance, True sportsmanship with all that the term implics the goal toward which the program moves. Legion men with baseball knowledge ad {vise, others umpire and still others |serve in the less spectacular fashion of scorers, transportation commit- tees, finance committees, business managers, etc. Valuable suggestions from the field, gained through actual experi- ence in the three preceding Legion baseball competitions, have been in- corporated in the 1930 rules. They are designed to give cach ef the wide-awake boys an- equal chance. The rules will be strictly en- forced, since the teaching of sports manship under Legion supervision is jonc of the primary purposes of the competition, A summary of the more limportant provisions follows: The competition will be open only to boys who are amateurs, boys Who have not been paid for playing base- ball. The boys must not have attain- {ed their 17th birthday before Sep- ber 13, to be eligible. | All games will be played under the official playinz rules of bascball |and on regulation diamonds. The {ball used will be a standard leaguc | ball. fide resident of the community yep- resented by the team in which he enrolls. Civic organizations, commercial concerns and newspapers are invited to sponsor one or more teams in the |Legion supervised competition. Al tournaments 1o decide county cham- { pions will be under Ithe county athletic officers legion. | All state tournaments will be played lunder the dircetion of the depart Iment baseball commiesion. | AN players must have {rolled before June 13, 1930. No team may carry more than 14 players. | This personnel cannot he changed after date of official enrollment ex- cept in case of death or disability. and then only upon authorization of the department athletic officer and the national director. | The state championship teams must be certified by their respective department athletic officers to the national director not later than Aug- ust 10, 1930 Tn cities or towns having popula- tions of 50,000 or more, according to the 1020 federal census. no tear will be allowed to draw persons from more than one high school. The high school record of February 15, 1930, will govern as to bona fide en- roliment of a player. RUTH UNDER HANDICAP Highest Priced Bascball Player of All Start of Sea~on. Philadelnhia. April 15 (U'P)—The highest priced bascball player of all times Will go into his best paid sea son under the handicap of a bad 1 Babe Ruth will take his old famil- iar place in the lineup of the New York Yankees. still hampered by a charley-horse sustained in an cxhibi- tion game a week ago. Fans will be following Ruth's ac- tivities with special interest because today's game against Philadelphia marks the opening of the Babe's two- vear contract at $80,000 per sea- son. WINS COACH Hugh Linn, captain of the State college wrestling team, awarded the silver cup emblematic of the conference high scoring rec- ord. The cup is awarded annually TROPHY I by the Big Six Conference coaches. Players on Team Must Be En-! boys as possible under the banner of | the great national pastime in an or-| Each player must be a bona- | Times Will Have a Bad Leg At! | | | i 15, 1930. FIGHTS LAST NIGHT ociated Press. Napolcon Jack Dorval, Pa., and Ted Sandwina, | Ta, drew, (10); Izzy Grove, New York, outpointed Tony Vacarelli, (10). Waterbury, Conn.—Bat Battalino. world featherweight ~ champion, knocked out Benny Nabors, New York, (4); non-title. Chicago—Tommy Rios, Chicago, outpointed Ted Goodrich, Atlanta. Ga., (10): Ted Ross, Chicago, stop- ped Jack Barry, Chicago, (5): Shuf- fle Callahan, Chicago, knocked out Red Griffo, Chicago, (1). Wheeling, W. Va.—Gorilla Jones, Akron, O. stopped Gene Cardi,| Wilkesbarre, Pa., (7). Pittsburgh—Sergeant Sammy Bak- er, New York, outpointed Vincent| Hambright, Cincinnati, (10). Rochester, N. Y.—Bucky Lawless, racuse, N. Y., outpointed Joc Dun- dee, Baltimore, (10). Des Moines, Ta.,—Eddie Anderson. | Rock Itland, TIl., outpointed Tommy | Grogan, Omaha, Neb., (10): Lauric Tenino, Canada, outpointed Louis Mays, Des Moines, (10). Sarasota, [Fla.—Drnest Sagues. Chile, knocked out Whitey Melner, | Pittsburgh, (5) | Oakland, Cal.—Primo Carnera, | Ttaly, stopped Leon Chevalier, San | Francisco (6). | BROOKLYN PUTS HOPE IN WRIGHT Dodgers Have Always Neeled o Gapable Field Leader | New York, April 15 (P)—On the| shoulders of shy, capable, likeable | Glenn Wright rest the hopes of all Brooklyn today for a baseball mira- cle. 1 Those powerful Dodgers, not par- | ticularly smart or resourceful. but| big-rangy clouters, feel that all the ever have needed to wreck the Na-| tional league was a smart field lead- | er who could set them a hitting and fielding pace and keep it through| the long grind of the 154 game scz son. Jolly Wilbert Robinsor, the| Round Robin of the dugouts, could master mind with anyone from the manager’s seat, but unfortunately ! for the Dodgers he had to leave them alone on the playing field. | Then along came Wright, the smil- | ing soft-spoken Missourian from the Pirates, a great shortstop, and| Brooklyn at last had its field lead- er. But along with him case disaster | in the form of a dead throwing arm Brooklyn lost its enthusiasm went nowhere. Now Wright is back with & horse- shoe scar on his shoulder and a thin red line down one thigh where sur- geons borrowed muscle fiber to tie the hones of his shoulder together. The captain is throwing as well as | he ever did, fielding beautitully, and and | | the direction of | been en- | lowa was | |the mauling Frenchman, and ! Ra BRISTOL BASEBALL NINE REORGANIZED Maple Ends to Hold First Meet- ing of Season Tonight (Special to the lierald) Bristol, April 1 Athletic club baseball team Bristol City league rcorganizes for the at Muz when all of last year's veterans will season gather for a practice session. Those | who are to be scen in the familiar | colors of the north end organization this son include ‘“Dutch” Leon- ard. who tutored the squad in Phil and George “Bottle Bat” Alex- ander. Deo and It by™ Miller. the I anl all-City league last year: “Tommy™ Matteo, Walter | Berg. Julic Urban, Frank Sienski, and veral promising candidates. The nine will be coached by Eddie Goodridze, who has seen service in hoth Eastern league and semi-pro- fessional circles. Goodridge proved to be a thorn in the side of the north | enders when on mound duty for the New Departures of the City leaguc last season. The chunky left-hander ned back the Caseymen on three occasions in circuit tilts during the son, his hitting being a second ature of the Iindees' ry. The| Leonard-coached contingent seemed | to be against southpaw hurli Ray Bachm s of the organization and frans- poriation director, succeeds William A. Garrett as manaser of the team this year, an piloted the Maple End « through a ruc ul bask season recently The club reached the semi-finals in the Plainficld tournament. He an- nounces that hookings have been completed with several Connecticut nines. the first ganie being in Wind- sor where the locals will fave the town team on May 18. Others to follow include games with Canaan, Windsor Locks and the Hartfords. The team will enter the City league Whén it organizes oon. New Britain managers wishing bookings with the Maple ¥nds are sked to communicate with Manager ymond Bachman at the Maple Iind Shoppe. Bristol, either by tele- phone or letter. WERIDEN POLICE CHIEF QUITS POST ainville sensation, third baseman tu ker Captain James H. Burke, De- tective Head, His Successor Meriden, April 13 — William D. —The Maple End | of the| field tonight | taker of prop- | and Massachusetts. Captain Burke, who becomes the 11th chief of the Meriden police force, was appointed a regular pa- trolman March 7. 1892. Last month icc | force he wi |and wa lin the los later he was clevated to the taincy of the detective squad. TEAMS PLAY AGAIN | Promising Boston Red Sox Bascball Leing the oldest member of the in point of service. In 1913 the first plainclothes man cap- Club Mcets Washington Senators in Hub City Today. Boston, April 15 (UP)—A promis- ing Boston Ned Sox ball club, fresh | from its victory over the Washington Senators in the nation's capital yes- Marcotte, “Bob- | terday, was to face the same team at Fenway Parktoday under clear skics | in the opening game of Boston's big league seazon. A crowd of 13.000 was expected. Irving “Bump” Hadlcy, one-time Brown University star hurler, w slated to be in the box for the ators. Charley Ruffing, reputedly in hetter physical shape than he has been during his five years with the n- x. will pitch for the Boston team. | Shortly before 3 p. m. Governor nk G. Allen and Mayor James M. Curley will assist in starting the sea- son by joining in the ceremony of tossing out the first ball. The wcather, although fair, was a mite colder today than is usually regarded as just right for bascball Tr Free Swimming Lessons For Children Next Week will be observed at and Y. M. on week for school [children between the ages of 9 and {14 ycars. Any boy or girl in the |city’ who can qualify according to lage and who has no knowledge of |swimming is invited to take advan- |taze of these free swimming lessons ivln(‘]‘\ will start on Monday, April 21 and last for four days. Regi ition cards received in the | must be brought to the Y. lor Y. W A. on Saturday 19 between the hours of 8 {12 moon. | The ¥. W. €, A.and ¥ |fecl that Splash Week {munity project in which the par- ents of children are asked to co- |operate. There are many children |in the city who do not know the |first rudiments of swimming. B taking this short course, these ch dren learn to overcome fear of the water as well as to take a rokes which might be the means of saving their own lives in an lemergency. Tt also helps to develop interest in swimming during th summer month i Supervision and instruction will |be given these children at both tha r. W A. and Y. M. C. A. and parents are urged by the aseoci- ations to encourage their children Splash week the W ClA daring the va M. C. & April m. and A | | Dhitting at a fashionable clip, even |Thaycr, for three years chicf of the [to join the cla for Brooklyn, happy hunting ground of cloute: The r of Dbeltin, i1t is inspiration for fools, leadership toam that has slowly rounded up fine pitching strength to zo with it, and arave danger of humiliation for the rest of the league that kept the Dodgers in sixth place subjection last season. The team that at times re- sembled a wagon load of dynamite running away down hill now has a clever, thinking ball player in the driver's seat. | From lanky, loquacious Babe Her- | man, the .400 hitter, Dazzy Vance. | the fireball hurler, Del Bissonette, Har- vey Hendrick. soft-spoken southern clouter, down through the steady ball players to the lowliest rookie. | the Dodgers are “fer” Wright and | keen to the possibilities his game | a gang for a | come-back offers them. H Atter their last exhibition game, | the team gathered around Wright Inf the dressing room. “We're not hitting as we should,” Wright told them as he draped a towel about his nakedness. “Maybe | we're saving it. We've got plenty of .350 hiting in our lincup and we'r bound to go.” Babe Herman, blonde. tall and cqually naked. perched at Wright's feet and zazed upon him as though | | | he were an oracle. “T fizure we're one. thre “PILhit. We'll all hit. W got pitchers, 100." Wright in his leisure moments in the south has worked out a chart that is the amazement of the entire club. 1t shows that the feam is 20 per cent better defensively and twice as strong in the box with pitchers such as Vance, Jumbo Jim Elliott, | Bill Clark, Ray Moss, Adolfo Luaque, | Jughandle Johnny Morrison and the rookie, Babe Phelps, in fine form. “We can win the pennant with 90 | games,” he told his mates. “Every | time we win one we would have lost Jast year that counts double for us. We're bound to finish one-two." And the best of it all—for Brook- lyn—is that the club believes him absolutely. two. 1t costs from $£1.600 to $2,000 per mil: to sand a road. | | . at a meeting o la letter Meriden police department, resigned the board of public last night. Captain James Burke was appointed Thayer Li Aichasl B. Carroll was appointed caniain to succeed Burke as head of de- tective burcau. Carroll deputy “chief. Sorgeant made a lieutenant liceman Thomas J a sergeancy. All the appointments will fective May 4. The changes are considered a big step toward the reorganization of ne police department which Mayor ancis T. Maloney promised in his pre-cleetion addresses. Although it was generally believed that Thayer would not hold oftice much longer, held . safe iccessor. the Kurcon was and Traffic Po- Tighe was given Walter be his resignation at this time was un- | expected. Mayor Praises Him Commenting on the chicf’s resig- nation Mayor Maloney praised him for his years of service to the de- partment and said, “Just now his | physical condition prompts him to | resign. We arc hopeful that his re- | tirement from active duty will bring about an improved physica condition and a greater cnjoyment of life.” In his letter of resignation Thayer mentions his more than 35 “Reeently it has becom or me to underzo almost continuous medical {reatment. 1 am quite lame and have heen lame for a long time. This makes me fecl that the city of Meriden would be cars of crvice. better off with a more physically ac- | tive chief of police,” he wrote. Accompanying the resigi from Thayer's Dr. Edwin W. Smith Joined Force in 1803 Chicf Thayer became a member of the supernumerary force in 18 Two years later he was appointed a regular patrolman. In 1902 he became a sergeant and scrved in this ¢ or 18 He was then made a lieut nt in 19 he became a captain. February 1927, he became chief of police fore coming to he professional bascball in New ation was physician ne this city in will also be | ef- | York: | Termuda ships quantities of Fas ter lilies to New York. he completed his $8th year of serv- spointed detective-sergeant | al department. Seven years | C. A.| ra- | schoois | few | BALL TEAM CHURCH IFANS over the Columbia, 8. C., April 15 (P — tors. Columbia’s Sally league baseball ath- letes are church fans Man- ager Marty Ficoler, they ices in a body. GGIL SWIMMERS UND The Texas Aggie swimming club, undefeated since its organization three yars ago, began its fourth sea-| The on recently with a 38 to 37 \lclor)" 000 men. Houston Y. | i MURPHY GO | Paul Murphy the University of Kansas. % Sociely Brand Clothes ST. — OPP. MYRTLE | TOP- COATS : ‘ $23.00 | to | : : $50.00 | Tailored by K. H. & T. 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