New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 11, 1930, Page 15

e Speaking| of Sports _ A ripple of excitement is passing | among the fight fans, especially those who are planning to see Bat Batta- lino defend his world's featherweight title against Ignacio Fernandez at | the Hurley stadium in East Hartfora Monday night, over the announce- | ment that Battalino has refused to . allow Promoter Ed Hurley to see| how much he weighs and the sub- | sequent inference that Battalino is | having plenty of difficulty in making | the prescribed featherweight limit of | 126 pounds | The announcement effect that Promoter Ed Hurley has | £upealed to Commissioner Donohue | to force Battalino to announce pub- | licly his weight. spoke to' the | : —_— | Commissioner Donohue has no | : power to force Bagtalino to do this. | At the present time, the commis- | sioner is at Atlantic City, far away | from the worries incident to his | oftice. Denials have been forth- | coming that there is any rift be- tween the champion and the pro- moter. ‘ Battalino calls attention to the | fact that he has a weight forfeit | posted which he will lose if he comes | in over 126 pounds. He declares | that he will weigh within the feather | weight limit and will do so hefore | Monday afternoon at weighing-in- time. Bat apparently isn't worrying. He is working out daily at the St Nicholas gymnasium and is training | faithfully for the bout Monday night. Crowds still persist in gathering at | Hart's tourist camp on the Berlin- | Hartford road to see Fernandez go | through his paces. The Filipino is | showing great form there and he ap- | parently is in the best shape possible ‘ for a gruclling match on Monday | night Ahout everything pened in the Gasco-Fafnir ball game | last night. Barnest hit a home run to win the game. Bill Kenure got hit in the head and was temporarily knocked out. “Huggy" Carlson made a diving catch which is considered one of the greatest on record Bill | Ferguson pulled a shoe string catch | that was a beauty and every con- ceivable kind of a situation present- ed itself. possible hap- | | One of the interested spectators at the game whose chest was swell ing after the contest was over was Deputy Chief ne W. Barnes of the fire department. When his son crashed the home run that gave the Gascos a victory, the genial Gene was like any other daddy. His boy tyrned the trick We sometimes wonder if the base- ball fans in this city appreciate the kind of baseball that is being fur- | nished for them at Walnut Hill park fn both the Industrial and City leagues. They are certainly getting the best furnished in recent years. | The Ameri ball team plays South Manchester at | Walnut Hill park at 6§ o'clock to-| night. DAVIS CUP PLAY Japan and Italy Will Begin Final Round in European Zone Compe- tition Today, Genoa, Italy, July 11.—(#@+—Japan and Italy, sole survivors of an origi- nal startin, f 24, were to be- gin their final round in European zone Davis cup competition today. Two singles matches on to- day’s program with the doubles to- morrow and the final two singles matches Sunday. Takeichi Harada, ace of the Japa- nese forces, was matched with Georgio e ni, second-string Italian player in the opening match and Baron H. L. De Morpurgo of | Italy with Tamio Abe. In the | doubles, Harada and Abe will face De Morpurgo and Pietro Gaslini. | The last two singles matches will pit De Morpurgo against Harada and Abe against De Stefani. The interzone finals will he | ed next week in Boland Garros | stadium on the outskirts of Paris. ‘Whether Japan or Italy wins the European zone final, the United States team of youngsters will b favored to gain the right to chal- lenge Irance. were MAJOR LEAGUE LEADERS By the Associated Press. (Including games of July National League Batting—0'Doul, Phillics Runs—Cuyler, Cub Runs batted in—Klein, 10) 407 Phillies, Hits—Klein, Phillies, 121. Doubles—Irisch, Cardinals, Triples—Cuyler, Cubs, 1 Home runs—Klein, Phillies, Stolen bases—Cuyler, Cubs, American League Batting—Simmons, Athletics, Runs—Ruth, Yankees, 94. Runs batted in—Gehrig, Yankees, 20, Hifs—Hodapp. Indians, 116. McManus, Tigers ‘ombs, Yanke 1 Ruth, Yankees —Rice, Senato State Police Heads Not In Favor of Fireworks | Bridgeport, July 11 (UP)—The #state should ban individual use of fireworks, in the opinion of dele- | gates to the 25th annual convention of the State Police association here. | On the urgent recommendation of | Chief John B. Brennan of Stamford, the convention went on record late yesterday favoring abolition of all but controlled municipal fireworks displays. As result of the convention's reso- lution it was expected today that a‘ bill embodying this view would hc} presented to the next legislature. ‘ Several Connecticut communities have enacted municipal regulations forbidding fireworks and moved by the scores of Fourth of | July injuries, are considering sim- | flar laws. k 390. | Gallant Knight, Baseball Standing TORONTO COMBINE AMERICAN LEAGUE Games Yesterday Philadelphia 9, New York 1 Washington 7, Boston 2. Cleveland 6, Detroit 5 St. Louis 7, Chicago 6 (10 innings) Standing w. 5. Pct. 667 651 Washington Philadelphia . New York Cleveland Detroit . 36 St. Louis .. 32 Chicago .. 29 Bo.‘on . . 30 . 54 45 39 Games Today Cleveland at Detroit. Chicago at St. Louis. (Other clubs not scheduled) Games Tomorrow Washington at Detroit Philadelphia at St. Louis. New York at Chicago. Boston at Cleveland. NATIONAL LEAGUE Games Yesterday New York 19, Philadelphia 8. (Other clubs not scheduled — western team on way east). Standing’ W Brooklyn 5 Chicago New York St. Louis Boston Pittsburgh Cincinnati .... hiladelphia . Games Today Louis at Pittshurgh. Cincinnati at Philadelphia. (Other clubs not scheduled). st Games Tomorrow Chicago at Boston. Brooklyn at New York. Cincinnati at Philadelphia St. Louis Pittsburgh. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE ames Yesterday Toronto 1, Jersey City (. Montreal §, Newark 7. Reading 5. Rocheste No results received on last Baltimore-Buffalo game. Standing Ealtimore Rochester Toronto Montreal . Buffalo Newar Jersey City . Reading Games Today Newark at Montreal, Jersey City at Toronto. Reading at Rochester. Baltimore at Buffalo. EASTERN LEAGUE Games Yesterday Bridgeport §. w Haven 0. Springficld 6, Providence 5 Standing W Bridgeport 3 New Haven . Allentown Springfield Providence Albany Games Today Allentown at Bridgeport. Albany at New Haven. Providence at Springfield AMERIGAN RECORD FOR PRIZE ONEY Gallant Fox Top Heavy Favorite {0 Win Arlington Event Chicago lington ¢ ic winner and G. favorite win, Arlington park sets an Americ day's prize money. The Lassie stakes, two year old fillie while handicap event is worth $2.- The rest of the $83,000 prize money is distributed among four al- lowance and claiming races. Eleven three year old thorough- breds > listed as certzin to start in the =second running of the classic but there is little conversation about anything except how much—or lit- tle—Gallant Fox will . If s ex pected he will go to the’ post under Earl Sande's m hand a 2 to 5 favorite to take down the season’s 11.—(R—The Ar- worth $70,000 to the lant Fox the odds on tops a racing card tomorrow that ord for one an event for is for $5,000, gic | richest purse. Sande and Gallant Fox's trainers insisted they didn't care anything about the condition of the track— that fast, heavy or slow and rain or shine—the Fox will win. Ken- tuckians, however, were conjuring for rain, with the belief that Alci- bades, the fleet Kentucky filly, will Do a great shot to upset Gallant Fox' string of impressive victories, Gallant Knight, second to the other Gallant horze in the Kentucky Derby and victor in the Fairmount and Latonia derbies, will carry 123 pounds, three pounds less than the top burden ordered for Gallant Fox. H. Schatte will have the mount on who today was quoted at 6 to 1. Dustemall, another of the three fillies, will carry 116 pounds, with R. Workman in the saddle and was listed at 15 to 1. Every reserved space in the huge t has been sold and Arlington Jockey club officials confidently anticipate a crowd of more! ONLY TWO TIES Since the British Open golf cham- pionship was placed on a 72 hole but two ties for the title, Harry Var- don figuring in both, and winning both., CAUSING TROUBLE Leals Win 26th Victory From| Jersey City 9 | | By tha Associated Press. | "A month of brilliant play once more has carried the Toronto Maple Leafs into a position where they are giving the International league's | | 1eaders, Baltimore and Rochester, | cause for serious worry. osing out Jersey City 1.0 in a great pitchers’ battle yesterday, the | Leafs won their 26th victory in 36 games. That figures out as T ball, good enough. if maintained, to win the pennant in most any | Teague. | Dave Miner of Jersey City ga m Gibson a hot argu all the way down the line in yesterday's en- counter but the Leafs managed {o win out in the seventh inning. Joe | Harris, who used to murder curve balls in the majors, walked to start he frame and went to second on a infield out. Here Pete Cote inserted | a single that scored Harris from | econd and gave the Leafs the only |run of the game. Miner allowed seven hits while Gibson was reached | for only two, a single by Wera in |the second and another by Walker lin the seventh. The Toronto triumph | put the Leafs within one game of the second place Redwings with Baltimore anly a step ahead. tochester bowed to Reading, 5 to because Berly couldn’t keep his home-run ball away from Scott and | Davis. Scott connected for a round trip wallop with two on in the first inning and Dalvs with one on in the fourth. Berly was touched for only six hits in the seven innings he worked but as related, the K made full use of their opportunities fee, recruit hurler from the y of Michizan, kept Roches- n hits well scattered. Parma s wild and nd Newark bowed to Mor The Royals teok adva Universit | ter's Roy effective man and an error by Parmalee h self. Montreal scored six runs in the third inning but Newark tied the nt at 7-all in the first half of the eighth. Chambers had relieved Par- malee in the fourth and had him- self removed in favor of Faulkner who failed to hold the Royals in the last half of the eighth when the Canadians scored two runs and won lost a chance to in- d over Rochester as Buffalo slugged out an easy 10-7 cision in a night game. The defeat left Baltimore holding on to its one game margin over Rochester. The | game was net nearly so close as the score would indicate. The Bisons pounded Roy for three runs in the | first inning and two in the second | and later added three in the fifth | and two in the sixth. Freddy Fussell. former Pittsburgh Pirate southpayw, had only one bad frame, the sccond when the Orioles scored four runs FIGHTERS FINISH WORK ON SATURDAY Battalino and Fernandez to Wind | Up Training for Bout | Hartford, July 11 — Saturday will be the last day of intensive work for Bat Battalino, world's featherweight champion, a acio Fernandez, hard-hitting Filipino. who come to- gether Mor ght at the Hurley Stadi or the titl, BAT BATTALINO in Battalino’s keeping for nearly | year. Both champion and have been speeding up as th have moved on toward the battle. Fernandez is devoting his effort | chiefly to getting speed and to pol- | ishing his boxing: he is in fine | shape, will make the required 126 | ou day of “IN OPEN TO 4Y CLAIRE WILLIE MacFARLANE | JT took a “lad from Aberdeen” to | win for the Scots an honor they hadn't held in 15 vears, The “lad” was Willie MacFarlane and the honor was the tional open in 25, 15 years fol- lowing Aleck Smith's victory in the rame event. Willie more like a biology in- structor conduct- ing his class on a field trip than he does like a golfer. He wears b o @ day was awfully hot when skinny Willie nosed out Mackariane Bobhy Jones for the Open crown They were tied at at the end of the regular 72 holes. ... They were tied at the end of another 18 nd were forced to play ond round to determine the winner. Tt was the first time playoffs had ever gone 36 holes. Aberdeen Willie w a -to-1 shot in that tournamen and it was mainly because he never cared for tour: play ... and seldom entered any of the big events. MacFar- lane never was a gold seeker like the majority of pros. . His home and his’ family occupied his spare time . and pinochle How Willie laved to p! pinochle! A week after ing the championshi e home teaching t His play t been unusually good 3 llett rom W comprised a two-so just looks ment effort m his great thing that never deser As the c nger all bag during b a Hart Tourist Camp on the B turnpike, he gives onlookers a good of just how hard he can hit, driving the bag against the platform so hard that the platform sways and rocks under the impact. The 15-round route, prescribed by regulation for all boxing b h a title at stake in Connectic be no hardship for Fernandez. doesn't even breathe hard between rounds as he spars these torrid July afternoons with his sparring mates at the camp. Stamina, real fighting spirit and a killing punch are on the side of the contender in Mon night's title fight. He is not an outstanding boxer; makes no pretensicns to any such 3 in full pos- ion of nch, some- . distinction, but i the term implics, A itable spirit and gr tle. W as the match was proje: before it had been d ed—he = ttin ically and it has faithful grind He sawed wood daily jaunts on the road an for special exercises cale prove his wind and build up h serve for the long trip over the rounds. The champion did not box until last week; he boxc two days, then went to O where he trained $ nd Monday and then ¢ the intensive win battle period : Bat has looked ‘good ir training sessions; he ha set on a knockout, bt ever been able to drop the with the jaw of iron. The indication is one of th gest crowds in Connecticut ri 2 tory. tarted be for sec- | |" Ferguson opened the eighth Fafnirs with a double along the ef: field foul line. Haber hit Restelli on second and the ball went through on the play. Haber in from second Then the G ed rally. Kopec hit one on the nos O'Brien caught it in left | Sheehan singl=d to right turo let him make third | failed to stop the 1 5 | single over Walicki's head | JIM BARNES | Sheehan in. Barnes the § heen taking part in national | homer and the fate of tourneys since 1912 and, | team was sealed c Smith, Long Jim Barnes is| The two shortstops. Wojack nty dangerous to the young- | Ducheri played sigral games. Wo- His nick- o chances with on Long Jim, tossed ot | 2 and Bu- ir teax one at his legs, Ferguson scoring Kania's single brought K brouglit hit 1is and Jim Interlachen 914 He West ere wit e nal Open 21 was rgin of ni s over the and that's the largest recorded since 1899. Harding w Jim's hand | ... the ‘president also tnes with {he champl The PRritish Open that th's grasp O'Brien Krause, T er-up . gin dent to sheke slipped out 19 person s eves are his eyebrows are shaggy b sl inc ... Hagen used 0 things dis other gol it knic a pi 5 The ye fair admirer B: YESTERDAY'S STARS Ted CGulli eighth to tie the score a LANDERS BEATEY. B STANLE Rute = Ya Eddie homer, double and single eat of Tigers. 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