New Britain herald., 1915-06-24
CITY CHAMPIONSHIP
Will BE DECIDED.
Who's Who in New Britain Base
ball to be Decided at Benefit Game

The benefit baseball game at Wall
nut Hill park Saturday afternoon be-
tween the Pioneers and the Profess
sional Mems team, will settle for this
season, who has the right to claim
the championship of the city for
a19I5. Both clubs have maintained
right along that were the last word
in baseball. as far as this city is con-
ceerned, and the supporters of each
team have engaged in number OF
club.
The boys from the Sand Bank dis
trict, have established themselves
deep in the hearts Of their supporters
by the sterling games played this
year and have strengthened the be-
lief of their followers that right here,
in the city of New Britain is an ag-
gregation who can do battle at any
time with any of the reputed cham
pion teams of the state, whose only
claim to that title has been through
the medium of the sporting columns
of the papers in their respective
cities. Repeated challenges from
the Pioneers management has been
ignored by the so-called champions,
Notwithstanding that the local boys
have always shown by their manner
that they fear no club.
The Professional Men are probably
not so well known as an aggregation,
for their reputation only dates back
to about a year ago when they. took
the local scribes' team into camp.
n. & ID e.
which proves conclusively that this
aggregation is some team and one
that are capable of giving a good
account of themselves when on the
damon
The trimming administered ST.
Thomas's Seminary two weeks ago
has gone down in sporting events as
one Of the best played games seen in
the Capitol City in a number of
years, and as the local men were the
winners, so much more to their credit.
In looking over the lineup from which
Captain Dunn and Manager Mangan
will select his club the names of sew
eral notables are found.
Ringrose who will do the catching,
is the boy who set the baseball fans
at the Catholic university Of Wash
l.
sui work the past season. He is
ated by the papers of that section "a
he best catcher that the university
,as developed in several years, and
he attracted the attention of several
major league scouts, who made him
f1attering offers to sign with their
clubs, but he turned them down. On
the pitching mound will be found DIR
Frank Zwick, the High school coach
and who in his college days hurled
the white pill for his alma mater
University of Vermont, to many a
victory. Zwick takes a keen inter-
est in the game and one of his fond
est dreams is to take a flop out of
the Pioneers, and this he expects to
accomplish in Saturdays game.
No Introduction is needed in the
case Of the Mangan boys, Larry and
Bill, who from the days on Niger
Hill, when they were members of
(, teams that reigned supreme in To-
cal baseball until the present time,
| their interest in the game has never
waned and all hat is needed to have
them get going is to mention base-
| ball. and then-that's1 all.
| Captain Dunn at third base, is one
! of the mainstays Of the club. He ie
| terrific hitter, Gas the writer will
/ be forced to admit after the game of
/ las season) and is natural leader
/ who instils into his men the ginger
/ of the kind, There amt no such
animal as defeat All the captain
says regarding Saturdays game, is
I'VE will win
The outfield will be well taken care
of with such material as che Walsh
brothers, Dudjack, Schade and Jimmy
Naughton.
| A record breaking crowd is expect
ed at the game and each club will
have its cheering crowds i'll attend
| ance However eack person can re-
/ main neutral and attend the game,
| and pick their winner if they see
/ fit