New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 2, 1930, Page 9

Speaking of Sports _ A question was submitted to us today regarding whether 4 run counts or not on a double play. The situation is explained as follows: The bases are loaded with one out. Batter hits a ball to-the third base- man. Third baseman fields it, touches runner coming in from sec- ond. and throws to first to complete & double play. . Runner from third scored before second out is made. The answer to this question is that | the run did not count because there can be no run scored on a successive double play of this kind. The play in question happened in a baseball game in Plainville. This is a com- | mon play in baseball and is often | pulled in league baseball, getting two | men to prevent a run being scored. | Returns are very slow in coming in from the city tennis tournament which is being played at the present time. Reports have been received from three matches in the men's singles and one in the women's singles. Kurnicki defeated Flood the other day. Lynn defeated Berkowitz 6-4, 6-4 and Kurt Klopp and Harry | Schupack played three hours with- out reaching a decision. Schupack | took the first match and Klopp | ook the second. Neither could win | the third. Reports of the five matches must | be in by Monday morning at 9| o'clock. The second round matches can be played at_any time between | now ang next Wednesday. Once again we have been asked to notify the the players in the tournament that they can play at any time they agree upon and any where in the city or the country We expressed very plainly several times that, for: the convenience of | the tournament players that four of | the courts in the city parks had | been reserved by the committee be- | tween the hours of 5 and 7 o'clock. However, the matches can be played | off at any time that the players see fit | coniestants want to play | their match off at dawn or by moon- | ligt that is no concern of the| committee as long as the matches played off on time. They can played on the park courts, on | private courts or anywhere else as long as the two players are agree- | able. However, reser ns for the | courts committee can | be made by telephoning 2211 or vis- | iting Room 207 at City Hall. | If two The boys along the stem ar: all het up over the appearance of the Chicago girls' team in Kensington tomorrow afternoon. The unusual spectacle of a girls' team, with no men playing on it, has never before been seen here and Kensington | should have a big crowd on han when the game is called at 3 o'clo: - Bus service will be furnished from the center of New Britain to the dia- mond on Percival avenue in Ken- #ington. This attraction s tomorrow but the have a gyod tussle Avon at the W grounds. ades all others Sacred Hearts scheduled “vith ingten park YANKEES LOOK LIKE THE REAL THREAT Totals Batted for Eil xx—Batted for Thevenow xxx—Batted for Willoug! ST fo Philadelphia Two base Kieln, Githert Bressler runs: 8 Luque 6 BERLENBACH 1S C)ACH Paul Berlenbach, the former great light heavyweight battler, is coach- | ing boxers now at the St. Nicholas gymaasium in New York city. BANNED BY BLUE LAWS The Athletics, the Phillies and the Pirates are the only major league | all clubs restrained from play- | ames on Sunda | due to Penn: ed many years nia blue laws pass- ago. “TERAN BASEBALL MANAGER Bill Clymer, until recently man- eger of the Buffalo club in the In- | ternational league, has managed | Class AA teams for nearly 30 years. Over a period of 10 years in his career ghe won eight championships. COACH AWARDED LETTER University of Washington's athletic board awarded to Bill Jefferson, | coach of the school’s golf team, the | regular college sports letter in ap- | Preciation of his work there. 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M | Brooklyn | Pittsburgh | would defend against the little Eng- | | Mandell | | probably t | 27th and 38th homers against Red | straight NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 1930 AMERICAN LEAGUE Games Yesterday HLEIN FINALLY Clevaand 5.8 fouis . | Takes Firm Hold On First Place Lo in National Leagne New York, Aug. 2 (P)—After gallant uphill climb, Chuck Klein of the Phillies finally has taken a fairly Standing w. . 69 59 60 b4 49 Philadelphia . ‘Washington New York Cieveland Detroit i Chicago .43 St. Louis oo 42 Boston o P | gles, the batting leadership of the National league. Klein, leader a 63 86 has kept on climbing and averages released today, clude Wednesday's games, has a margin of five points over his team- |mate and rival, Frank O'Doul. Klein's average 405, O'Doul's .403. The Philadelphia youngster al- | ready had more batting honors than most players could reasonably ask. He has held _first place in scoring | hits and runs batted in and to this | he has added a tie for the lead in | hitting doubles. Klein has scored | 103 runs, has hit safely 161 times |and has batted in I10 tallies. His | total of 33 two baggers gives him a | tie for the lead with O'Doul and | Johnny Frederick of Brooklyn. | Adam Comorosky of Pittsburgh leads in triples with 14; Hack Wilson of Chicago in home runs with 33 and | Kiki Guyler of Chicago in stolen bases with 27, completing the some- - | what scanty list of slugging leaders | who have been able to outdistange | Klein. The Philadelphian also fig- ures in the sesond place roster with |29 home runs. Others on this iist : |are Cuyler, Wilson and Babe Her- L man, Brooklyn, with 9 runs: Bill a1 | Terry, New York, 156 hits; Cuyler, 25 %112 tripl Wilson, 101 runs batted |in: and Herman, 15 stolen bases. | Terry 1s third on the list of lead- |ers in batting with an average of |.394. Other regulars in this select |group are Herman, Brooklyn, .300; { Stephenson aog, .389; Heil- mann, Cincinnati, .366; P. Waner, Pittsburgh, .35 Ott, New York, 3 Cuyler,Chicago, 355 and Grantham, -Pittsburgh, .355 The club batting leadership re- !mams in the hands of the Phillies | with an average of .326, nine points | better than that of New York. Cin- cinnati still leads in fielding with a Games Yesterday 7 mark. Jersey City 15, Reading § Bob Osborn of Chicago has met Baltimore 3, Newark 2. Montreal Buffalo § Rochester 11, Toronto 6 in the Games Today Washington at New York Boston at Philadelphia. Cleveland at St. Louis Chicago at Detroit is Games Tomorrow Philadelphia at New York. Boston at Washington. Cleveland at St. Louis, Chicago at Detroit NATIONAL LEAGUE Games Yesterday New York 10, Boston 4 Brooklyn 9, Philadelphia 4 St. Louis 10, Cincinnati 1 Chicago 10, Pittsburgh 7. Standinz W, 61 50 Chicago New York .. St Louis 49 48 Boston Cincinnati Philadelphia Games Today New York at Brookyn Philadelphia at Boston (2) St. Louis at Cincinnati. Pittsburgh at Chicago. Games Tomorrow Philadelphia at Bostog. New York at Brooklyn St. Louis at Cincinnati Pittsburgh at Chicago INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE but he still heads tt of hurlers with a .77 e league's 8 average, Standing W, 69 66 62 60 Ray Phelps of Brooklyn is second with nine victories and three defeats for a..750 mark while Tom Zachary 554 |of Boston and Joe Heving of New .549 | York have attained the same aver- 541 |age by winning six games and losing 468 | two. 440 | 114 Rechester Baltimore Toronto Montreal Buffalo Newark Jersey City Reading 43 45 41 WALTER COX HAS A STRONG STABLE Grand Circuit Veteran to Be in Hartford for Meet R. Cox, 65 69 Games Today Baltimore at Jersey City. Reading at Newark. Rochester at Toronto (2). Buffalo at Montreal, EASTERN L GUE Games Yesterday Allentown 4, Springfield Albany Bridgeport 3. Standing a familiar figure harness horse followers hout New England, again will nt a strong line-up at Charter park, when the Grand Circuit stars appear at Hartford the week |of August 19 A native of New Er | gan to establish his widespread ri Eridgeport Springfield Albany Allentown mes Today Allentown at Springfield. Bridgeport at Al ve head t er of hen, N. training obably an imposing ks of the f the wee usually in winning form after mem- bers of his string have started a race or two Among tha stars of t able this season are 2:031. a recent winner in their fight |1.q0 nd Circuit night of | pay 07 and Voltaire, both three-year old dates, Arthur Mower sidered gne of the mos of the three-year-old p Senator Brewer 2:05, an entrant in | the historic Charter Oak stake: Bin- gen McKlyo, 2:06%, another recent Grand Circuit winner and also number of two-year-old trotters that hown exceptionally well, in- cluding Maud Dear. full | sister to Walter Dear, 2, 2 Nedda Guy, a daughter of the ting queen, 00d Tir Guy meet G ng: rs ago. No a \ the Good Time able in which ca- has since the opening of the Grar‘d Cir- cuit a few s ago. Jumior Welter King to Meet|semesoim meerns Singer Alter Chocolate Jackie “Kid" Berg, if the wearer of | g the trick junior welterweight crown | Avgust 7 Al Singer, shortly | tation while racing over New land half-mile tracks over . pacity he has served for several se sens, he will bring to Charter Oak park a stable of horses that EET TIT[E SH[]T been causing considerable comment A v | While Cox trair Y. one start in the opening | Grand Circuit schedule, his stable is New York. August 2 (P—A bout for the lightweigt title awaits defeats Kid Chocolate at the Polo Grounds, the lightweight Sammy Mandell, after winning championship from indicated that he | 041z, promising ing colts; lishman, provided the Chocolate hurdle is accomplished ! Singer, however, wants none of Chocolate. He says the little Cuban flash, who holds a decision over him, “is too small" further con- sideration. Despite the fact that transparent ballyhoo already started for a Berg-Si ing followers believe such an ev would prove tural."” Singer naively has declared him- | self as “very angry” at Berg for a | slight the night of his fight with | have for slightly has t STILL P Rube Marquard, league hurling star, his 23rd season on the mound. He is manager of the Jacksonville club of the Southeastern league. former major No one is taking very serious firm hold on the object of his strug- | week ago by a hardly visible margin, | | with his second defeat of the sea- | aving won seven games to two lost. | arity candi-jng con- | i8 now serving | NOW RIVALS | which in- | ® | Bryan Grant, Jr., Atlanta's 120 tional clay courts singles championship at K. to the city's sports prestige, alread golf titles of Robert T. Jones. | father famous fn southern tennis and reared with a racquet in his hand, Bryan Grant, Jr. diminutive Atlantan who recently won the na- tional clay courts tennis champion- ship at Kansas City, is giving Geor- gians something else to talk about besides Bobby Jones. When “Bitsy,” as the 120 pounder is known in Dixie, reached the finals in Kaw town, he was the first south- easterner to get that far in years, most of the southern tennis having | home state of Berkeley Bell and sprouted in Tex: Wilmer Allison Bruce Barnes Grant, only but southern gles champ four straight years, was the sensation of the Kansas City event, howling over high ranking players day after day to reach the finals and gain the title after down- ing Wilbur F. “Junior" Coen, Kan- sas City ace. smmett defending cham- jon; Fritz Mercur, seeded number one, and Barnes were prominent | performers to fall before his potent | strokes. Bryan comes from a tennis fami- ly. His six-foot father, B. M. Grant, paired with Nat Thornton to win the | southern doubles crown al years | while his brother, Berry, captained Ithe Georgia Tech squad in 1927 The elder Grant, a tennis devotee and no mean player even now. built clay court in the yagd adjoining his | home and had his sons playing as |soon as they were large enough hold a racquet. He. won his first tournament, a city boy's championship, when he | was 10 years old and shortly after- | wards his father took him to Bos- part in meet. Bill to take Tilden, one of the spectators, saw nta young- o, sin- Pare, a | possibilities in the At [ ster. “Leave him alone. He has natural will readily master his Tilden advised when asked ding training for the boy. Bryan, barely over feet tall, is a streak at covering court. His success, dating back to the e he won his first sectional title as .an unheralded knee-pants kid of 17, can be attributed to his accurate placements, h harkabel speed and ability to get returns, no matter where they land He plays a base line game pri- marily, but is gradually improving in his net attack d - NETHODISTS LOSE TO'SOUTH CHURCH | (Fontinucd From Preceding Page) on Diamond No 2, morial and playing the Me- Baptists tha St Marks on the first diamond | The 1eague schedule will ! cluded on Friday night | Church will engage the Baptists. the St. Marks will face |the First Lutherans, and the St Jechn's Lutherans will play the First Baptists. This will leave or st—between Mark's t probably be con- The South Memorial d con- nd o playe owing Monday postpor South off the fo FROM BATS TO CUES More than 30 years ago the bat boy for Connie Mack's baseball team |in Milwaukee was Charlie Peterson, | the present day billiard expert. to | BOBBY JONES CHICAGO GIRLS Afternoon at Percival One of the most unusual baseball attractions on record in the country is due to appear tomorrow after- noon at the Percival avenue grounds in Kensington when the Chicago Girls Baseball team takes the field against the All-Kensington combina- tion. The visiting team is composed entirely of women and who have seen them play struck with the ability of the to handle a baseball as good or- | dinary men's te The game will be hard ball game, not a soft-ball contest. This is an unusuai situation because the good girls teams_about the country are as scarce as hen's teeth and this | team is rated as a good one, come team ny m a the country and has met semi-pro | teams in every section. The crew has | averaged 'wins in 70 per cent of the | games played and Kensington will | be extended to the limit to win | Kensington will its regular llineup in the game. Pechuk or | Adams will pitch with Noonan | hind the bat. The team will have to step on it to keep its unbeaten rec ord intact | The contest will be started at 3 | o'clock sharp. Because of the large | crowd expected at the contest, bus | service has been arranged to and | from the ball field. | Sacred Hearts-Avon | The sacred Heart team will at- tempt to avenge New Britain on the Avon town team which has already ed the Burritts in two games. 1l be played tomorrow the Washington park cscheduled to start 3 o'clock Pawnees vs. Blues es A. C. baseball team e Blues at Willow Brook tomorro wafternoon. Both teams met about five wee! |the Pawnees won by a wi 3 The Blues have strengthened their team since that time. The cont will be staged on Diamond No. at 23 NEW YORK TEANS T CROSSROAS \Giants and Yankees Both Open Tmportant Series Today be- pour, capturing the na- has added greatly igh with the num GEARIG GOES INTD LEAD IN BATTING * Yankee First Basema [s Seven, Points Ahead of Simmons Yy tow Chicago. Aug. 2 P—Lou Gehrig t ew York Yankee's first man, has broken Al Simmons’ leasc dividual batting leadership of American league, official averages which include We mes, \ Maintaining his average | during the 15th of paign, the pitch inocking ten points off the Athletic outfielder's mark, Gehrig topped the list by seven points. Simmons, with his average of .350, was only four | points in front of his team matc Mickey Cochrane. who had The Yankee firm of Ru Gehrig between them of lead: S, the league in slug week batted in 16 the leadership with 1 New York's 51 total also | league ball th eously at th t Tac mes out of first place the week while [} | and | | New York the crest of Aug (UP)—Riding -game winning streaks. two-third place major clubs arrived simultan- roads of ug, The team has travelled all over | BASEBALL TEAM TO PLAY KENSINGTON Unusual Diamond - Attraction to Appear Tomorrow Avenue Grounds — Visiting Crew Has Met and Defeated Some of Best Semi- | Pro Combines in Country—Home Club to Have Its | Regular Lineup—Sacred Hearts and Avon to Clash. | [New York Giants opened a four- game series against the league-lead- ing Brooklyn Robins at Ebbets field and the outcome promised to hoist John McGraw's club into the thick of the National league race or sound the knell over the pen the Giants. Farther back than the Gia close enough to dangerous t New York Yankees opposed ond-place Washington Senators double-header at Yankee Nine games behind the pace setting Philadelphia Athletics, the Yankees immediate drive is for second place. which they can capture by a double victory today over the slipping & ators. The positions of the three leaders ih the two pennant races follow National League be \fn Games Be- | w 1 61 39 Pct hind Brooklyn Chicago 59 41 New York 56 44 American League Philadelphia Washington New York The G S ) of 1 generally 60 ts have Iy eir last 12 ga as if they down at last to make a determined bid for the pennant Sensational play & fleld, even with Capt son out of the has feat die Marsha pably at shortstop in Jackson and Terry, Critz and Lindstrom have been playing at the peak of their form Brooklyn faced the al series with a long of cripples. Three members of the pitching staff have ailments. Dazzy Vance complains of a sore elbow. Babe Phelps has a sore shoulder. Jumbo Elliott has an ab- cess on his chest. Capt. Glenn Wright is playing shortstop with a sore ankle and Del Bissonette at first base is playing with injuries The rival pitchers for the opening game today, barring a last-minute ch, were announced as Bill Walker for New York and Hollis (Magician) Thurston for Brooklyn. Thurston hasn't been scored on in 21 inning, and has won two games in succession by shutouts. More fireworks than developed in the recent Brooklyn-Chicago series promised to crop out in this battle for blood series. Brooklyn fans en- sed over the Robins' pennant ances have been wild and u Iy throughout the season. throw- ing firecrackers and pop-bottles on the field on > least provocation. Additional police were ordered out to keep and order and pro- been trav winning 1 and acting the Giant Jack- fo- peace hopes of tect the Giant from any thrown missles. Five important games face the Yankees in the next four days, double-headers against Washington today and Tuesday, and a single game against the Athletics here Sun- A clean sweep would buoy the hopes for overtaking the letics during the stretch drive GRAND CIRCUIT NOTES The Orange County Circuit follow- their tents at the Historic Goshen, N. Y t week, the g there opening on Purses of §2,000 or $3,00( r atically all of the players e O t week, th Ohio cit gust 4 will be e next stop he meeting the being scheduled for the week August 15, The meeting at famous | old Charter Oak park gives promise of being one of the best of the yea or. the Big Ring. Hanover's Berth rood Patsy 3 ¢ 2:07 and Voltaire o the s Hambleto tered at Go: richest of herses will Ben Whi McElwyn, 2 for the Ham N T are now quar- Y. where tr | events for harness decided on Augu raining Main second choice , at Syracuse, be Bronx 2 bested the free-for- all trotters at Elmira, N. Y., last Tuesday, after the Arden Homestead Stable star, Hollyrood Colin 2:03 had won the first heat from his stable- mate, Guy Ozark 2:02%; in 2:06% Bronx won the second and third hea 6 1-4 and 2:08 with place posi- and C it meeting 00, Mich., was one of ful in the history of the ¢ association, the raci ng exceptionally good each aft« The dopes! figure that over's Bertha minutes if forced to n Stake. ded at Gos Main Mc. Han- 2:02 will trot in two the limit in the whicl is to be on August 3 2:02%, re- garded as the dangerous one in the tield against the Hanover Shoe Farm filly, trotted a half in 5815 seconds orth Randal The boys think that any trotter with that sort of speed is dangerous. Voltaire, 2, 2:13 1-4, Guy Day 2:07. Calumet Annette and Hollyrood Patsy, 3 2:06 must not be entirely overlooked in the big race. The fact there will be over 1,100 official race meetings at which will be raced for this 3 uld be sufficient proof that harness- horses are still popular the American pu place Johnr its. The Indian ‘se By WILLIAMS safely for a season total of 147, but wa only one ahead of Gehrig who con- nected 12 times. Marty McManus of held on to th se hit He swiped one & his total to 16, and although he t another double still good enou , young Chicago outfielder. ged out two triples to break h Berl Coombs 1e Yankee and led with 15. Following Gehrig. ! Cochrane, the leading batsmen were: Dickey, New York, .37 Washington, .361; Averill, 360; Hodapp, Cleveland New York, .358; Manus Washington, .35 {358 Edwin Wells, still was the n Sim minal leader of the defeats, representing last week, but Bob Gri letics’ fireballer, *headed t taking regular turns ove two gan during the week a 5 ries apd four defeats, Fred Marberr§ of Washingt ed credit for one triumph ar 12 victories and four setbacks. G was ousted from the strikeout lead- | | ership by George haw, his| teammate, who fanned 11 men in| two games tq bring his collection to 126, one better than Grove's mark. | The Yankees lost points from their team batting average, but | e still at the top of i .313 ren won d had viet while same at .? while Washington added a point to d e at .301 hiladel- d same gait as , .974, and held the lead, with ‘Washington second at .97 Cleveland clicked off 10 double plays to make it 112 for the season and widened its margin over Detroit, second p | | | | | { t ’ ‘ THATS A TRAGEDY. LOOKIT THERE.. THOSE ONCE MAGNIFICENT, STATEL TREES GETTIN® SLOWLY RUINED FROM BEIN' AROUND TH SMOKEY SHOPS, ‘SuoP worn" ‘\’HAfs PEEPUL. FER YOO HES AROUND ALL DAY |THESE 'HAMS' WID A HULL GANG | ON OLR BACKS THAT WAS ONCE MAGNIFICENT AN' STATEW AN’ THATS\THESE SAGEY ALMOST RUINED FROM | I{NEES FROM BEIN' ARCUNID SMOHEY] ESTHETIC SHOPS — AN' HE DONT NCTICE \T “TILL T HAPPENS \TBE ATREE. = R MAYBE HE THINKS WE GOT FROM PICKIN' DASYS AN DANCIN' IN SUN KiISSED ©1830 BY NEA SERVICE. INC. ‘\\‘hxch had 106. the prospects for a “grudge fight,” | but the recollection of Berg's maul- SALESMAN SAM ing victory over Tony Canzoneri has created the belief that he is most | logical contender _for Singer's title. Berg will weikh in around 134 pounds for his fight with Chocolate. The “Kid," a natural featherweight, will be built up to some- 128 and 130 pounds. YESTERDAY'S STARS By the Amsociated Press. Ruth, Yankees — Hit double and where between Sox. Hallahan, Cardinals — Held Reds to four hits, beat them, 10-1. | Whitehill, Tigers — Won seventh | game, beating White Sox on eight-hit pitching performance. Lindstrom, Giants Collected | two homers, double and single, | drove in six runs against Braves. | Herman, Robins — Drove in five | runs against Phills with 24th homer and single. Hartnett, Cubs — Rapped Pirate pitching for homer and two doubles. OH-OH! ANOTHER TRAMP' MUST BE HOLDIN' & .CONNENTION (N TOWN Topav! " Ya Can't Believe Him HeReS & NICKEL For Y&, BUT (E YA WeRE (N T/ BACK YARD NOW {'D GIVE Ya TH' caTe! oF GU22LEN v Co- By SMALL [ARE You SATISE(ED To | | SPEND YOUR LIFE WALKIN AROUND TH' COUNTRY BEGGIN' ? MaNY's T TiMme (e ) WISHED FER A cAR!