New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 2, 1930, Page 10

EW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 1930. INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE GAME POSTPONED ON ACCCUNT OF RAIN—HARTFORD’S DEFECTION FROM EASTERN LEAGUE RECALLS OLD DAYS OF BOB CONNERY—-NEW YORK COMMISSION ADOPTS ANTI-FOUL RULE—RISKO MEETS GRIFFITH TONIGHT—ITEMS B R e RED SOX GETTING BEST PITCHING IN AMERICAN Boston Crew Unable to Hit and Take Advantage of Fine Hurling—Humbles Indians in Game Yester- day, 3 to 1—Athletics Score Victory Over Detroit Tigers — Cards Swamp Brooklyn Under 15 to 7 Score—Chicago Cubs Drop Decision to New York (r1ants. American League et -~ AMATEUR BATTLES AT CAPITOL PARK Barney Fox to Meet Johnny Keller in Feature Scrap e T'ox holds a win over th r Jo & been d on the support die Rourke, t ing card Frog Hollow C. A. st Jot Nichols. Charlie Pin} oe Iszo ed for action Haven, New Briatol, togeth- talent will mak representati are g8 £ & National League Jocal on the progr Vow FOR BEST RESULTS 0 m}ts}: HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS TUFFY GRIFFITH BATILES RISKO ough Heavyweight From Sioux City Meets Cleveland Baker FIVE AMERICANS LEFTIN TOURNEY United States Temnis Plagers Make Records at Wimbledon DATES FOR OLYMPIAD Zack Farmer. General Secretary of Los Angeles Committee, Announces ind bout of the weekly how at Ebbets field tonight Chocolate outpointed Petrone in their first meeting. T 'BOSTON HAS | . while not confidence e National lea “‘doesn’t seem | than the Coast league there would be a great de ence in the class, but there far presse 1 expected of differ- i as much I've seen, The pitchers, however smartl It doesntt National to find out don't like.” are p ing to racing stati States tracks last f | them never finished in the money. year, 2,47 fso s} [isTHE BIG |/ e GUES. EA YEAH 2} e TORONTO DEFEATS BUFFALD TWICE Leals Land Right Up Behind Leaders in International YAWL IS HISSING All Ships at Sea Have Been Request- ed to Be on Lookout for Entry in Bermuda Race. the island for some dis- ace bhefore YESTERDAY'S STARS 3y the Associated Press. George Watkins .Cardinals—Clout- ed two doubles and pair of singles ards whipped Robins. réd Fitzsimmons Giants—Held bs to eight hits 4 beat liscovering their mis- ) Williame, At h two on to beat Tigers, 4-1. ston. Red Sox—Held In- to three hits, slapped out three imself, to win, 3 Ralcton Hen Y, in two runs with double and triple, scored two others himself as the | Pirates beat Braves. 7 \ | | them, Hit hom- | Pirates—Drove | BASEBALL BOOM NEW YORK SOLONS |ABS ~ ELIMINATE FOULS ‘Fighter Who Goes Down Will Be| Gounted Out in Future | York, July 2 (UP)—Fouls from low blows have been legislated | New out of existence in boxing contests in | New York state as a result of the most drastic action ever taken by oxing commission he New York state athletic com- mission has ruled that each b must ‘equip himself with abdominal prot fighting no It a blow lands below the belt and a fighter goes down, he will be counted out exactly as if the punch landed above the belt. The new rule, the three comm Farley, William Muldoon a Phelan, will go into effect with the Sammy Mandell-Al Singer light- weight championship bout at Yan- | kee Stadium, July 17. For striking an illegal blow nch below the belt, the only p alty under the new rule will be loss of the round in which it curred “It is now up to every wear a protector which will render a low punch harmless,” said Chair- man Farley. “It has been demon- strated that such protectors ar available. If a boxer goes down claiming foul now he will be count ed out. If he gets up the round be scored in his favor.” Under the new rule Max Schm would have been counted n he failed to answer the bell he fifth round, and Jack Shark- 1d have won by a knock v legislation inject into negotiations for a bout b and Sch ng h nd ally andonment of ond contest hi ad is hit. or a oc- boxer to ingle cause heavyweight cham > of a foul, told the Unit- before sail for ¢ t week that he wou K igree to discarding the foul rul. claiming that no protection could b provided for the kind of a blow—lett ur key used on h outgro the prot onstration ¥ persons obviously est of physical conditio d they wer blows vital organs without fi < state, under back of plane of the o e same rafted 1865). In those an ¥s every fighter had to prof at all tim and there wer fouls from low still be possible for a 2 foul, other than tro Among the for which a boxcr alified are, hitting after s a round, hitting an op- down, butting with th icad and using the rabbit punch o prominent heay = advised tue ¥ agreeable to the Young Stribling of Geot was passed ponent whil are 1 before the rule vored letting the bars down protect himself. who fouled I “No real fighter Football play- ice as m g0 on and ENCE OF RIVALRY A KEEN BLOW TO HARTFORD |Bitter, Red-hot Battles Between Capital and Hardware Cities Recalled as Eastern League Teams With= draw — Fans Recall the Days When Bob Connery, Managed One of Best Teams Insurance City Ever Had—Always Harks Back to Old Days at Electric Field. Although seribed numer, for the Hartford franchise League, h was announced Monday night, baseball lovers in tI Capital City are not overlooking one of the most plausible, namely, the absence of rivalry of the bitter, red- ot kind such as existed between Hartford and New Britain when this city was represented by a team in the old Connecticut League. ‘Whafever the cause, it has always been recognized that the feeling be- en the two cities went a long way tow s bolstering up the interest in the national game, without which there can be little success either from the viewpoint of finances or the sportsman’s angle. A Hartford- New Britain clash in any sports has ever been a * beside which New Haven-Bridge- pert, Helyoke-Springfield and other inter-city rivalries seem extremely mild, and ever ice New Britain was wiped off the map of league ball, the e has suffered in Hart- ford. Bob Connery, Paul club in the , was first one of the b ever had two decades ago, has never jorgotten the rivalry th s in a state of frenzy h of a Hartford- g. In his rise o nportance in the na- has come con- with many conditions and situa- tions in all parts of the co t always harks back to t Electric F in Plainville old Weth 1d avenue gr Hartford w he rem of hotly-contested He had been out of a for years before the fans e was reasons are of the Eastern forfei in the president of the St. American Associa- n and manager st teams Hartford he in eld and mond tilts, ve play s learned his n not Tom, for it was by the t he was “razzed” and oc- onally cheered in Bri No sooner would Connery s Electric Field than a “Hot Tom" inz would be thrown him from the ers and grand- tand. time he dug a low the dirt someone told and whe in. t foot day, bleact Every qa TR was not reparte fir 5 was one of the the from t which he could not t heavy-footed athletes stayed on the 1 He tried nd when his 14 and everybody 100. players wore days every game about him kne it Some colorf Hartford spangles in those fact, the whole league sparkled aany big leaguers of the t ing found their place in Nort Springfield, Holvoke Meriden and ich were represented in t Bill Luby, now a practici d prominent in democratic politics in Meriden, was one of the vy hi who dented the f . Electric Field and other parks, and before transferring to an ou‘- field position he had at least one o-hit game to his credit. He later aseball coach at New York the mn vith stars, o other cities University, where he.studied law, returning to Meriden upon gradua- ticn 0ld Time Stars Yancey, a long-lesged, fielder, starred with Hart- ford for a while. He Piayed center- field when “Red” McKenna, a 1paw, covered laft field and Jim rt played right field. That wus one of the best outfields in minor league baseball, the trio carrying a punch at bat and covering the gar dens like a tarpaulin protectors fcKenna is remembered by New Britain fans for his fielding in a Fourth of July morning game at ctric Field. The crowd was so large there were spectators seated on top of the fences surrounding thes and a sizeable throng was standing behind the fielders. The New Britain batters sent ball after ball to the fence in deep left fieid but McKenna sprinted into the crowd and turned the hits into putouts by, marvelous catches. Hart was a quict, suming fellow who always wo:e sleeves to the wrists, and he was = of the steadiest and surest hit- s in the league, hitting third in the batting order, just ahead of Con- nery Hog: rangy ou was like a deer on the bases, his long stride giving him an advantage over his mates ,and he was so confident of his ability to ad- vance himself from first to second t it was a common stunt for hin to start on the first ball, turn bacic when the batter fouled one off anl deliberately announce that wis going again, dashing down the and making the base ¢ven against a perfect ! he the catcher Snappy Infielders Connery generally had snag ers on his clubs and t 2dling in the warm-up practice before the game was a treat Justice was shortstop for s Hoyes, who later played with New Britain, was a third baseman Hartford for some time, after Gardner went with York Americans, Gus Soffel 7 er, Johnny Wanner, vears ago, had t Soffel was of portl aged to get over tha ground in good style and he was a crowd pleaser everywhere, were among the catchers who wor \ the old Connec for twirlers at vari- had Ray Fisher, ront school master who aft wards was a star with New York in the American League; Pete Wil- son of this city, now in Bridgepo Hack Schumann, one of the h athletes of his time; Lefty Leverenz, who is still knocking about country although he is well alo the route as athletes go: Chicl Evans, one of the few pitchers ev to pitch a no-hit, no-run, no-ma reach-first game: Buck O'Bri - with the Boston Red Sox, 2 umber of others. New Britain Nemesis Fisher was New Bri 4 it was a common sz the cirtuit that all he tcss his glove into the box Hardware City crowd was He was a speed tall fine control and the way put the fast ones through the cent:r also, the Casey est (Continued on the Following Page.} OUR BOARDING HOUSE = GETTING LATE AKD RIDE !~ IT WiLL \ W AN\ N N R, NN COME , COME , UNCLE AMBROSE ~THE HOUR IS MUsT BE VERY “TIRED, AFTER NoUR LOMG -TRAIN BesT THAT Yod GET A GoaD NIGHTS SLEEP, As 1T WANT To -TAKE Nou -To “THE BoTAMICAL GARDEN AND ART MUSEUM < "‘ -TaMaRRaW ! o Z You 2, Goia olT o A BE ~vn AND AS “TO OFF AT SEVEN ToR A DAY OF GOLF! PO K] = B WHAT . Ga To BED E Nowl 2 w~ WHY T'M NIGHT CLUB Wi s THE BoYS HERE!- VISITidG AN ART MUSEUM “TaMORRAW,) TLL BE TEEING IN THE MORNING Z7=3 BY AHERN 4 DoNT PAY ANY ATTENTION o “THAT oLD FASHIONED “TALLOW CANDLE ; UNCLE AMBROSE . = «QH,I FORGGT, ~ Nou ToLD US 4 To CALL Nod “SPEEDY “!~ e oW LETS ¢ SEE ~~ WHicH . Do VYou PREFER ~~BLOGNDES 0oR 4 BRUNETS 4 2 'fl