New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1923-07-09
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Most everybody agrees that when a
girl gets her knees sunburned at the
beach It's burning shame.
Umpire Mike Lynch was quite right
In the Besse- Meriden game YESTERDAY
when Elliott whipped over a fast one
afd caught Ray Begley mapping for
the third strike.
The Besse captain put up an awful
howl. but he must have known that he
had been caught f1at-footed.
The rules provide that an umpire
can call balk - a pitcher who takes
more than 20 seconds to deliver a
ball; and there is no rule that limits
the rapidity with which a pitcher can
toss 'em up.
Elliott gave a good exhibition OF
pitching. With but little in the way
f twisters, he held the B-L fairly
ell by using his head and throwing
lem over SO that they hit them In
be air or little infleld Founders.
h the third inning Ed Walsh, the
Meiden pitcher, got a nasty blow In
he eye when a foul caromed off his
bwi bat. 1t put him out of the game
hndwill give him some explaining TO
DO vhen his friends inquire where he
gothic blinker. -
1.-the City league Saturday Satalino
of tie Rangers learned that it is nee
essay to touch first base. He hit a
twopagger but forgot to tag the ini-
tial bag and Red Campbell rightly
calla him out when the ball was re-
layei to the bag.
JalowsN of the Saints also learned
som{hing; that it is necessary to re-
porto the umpire when replacing an
othe player. Campbell called him
out hen he neglected to do this. He
poled out a hit that meant run,
howeer. so Manager Mullen was not
as sesre as he might have been. L
BID then, Mullen himself didn't
thinEto notify the imp, so he prbb-
ablyouldn't have said much anyway.
OI third base that Budnick jboy
certnly is sweet player7-and
thet's no question as to his POPULAR
ityFith the fans.
he $4,000 racing boat, Blsckbird,
biz up during a trial spin ct Rari-
I'd YESTERDAYS and the crew had to
IMP overheard. All were stved.
jPittsfield now Is in sixth place in
te Eastern by virtue of a double win
yer Albany yesterday.
Luaue hurled his third win over the
champion Giants yesterday, and his
|team took their sixth btraight game
from the leaders by scofc of 5-S.
Losing their second straight game
yesterday to Cincinnati, the New York
Giants had their lead in the National
league whitfield to but two and half !
games and faced thdr stiffest test of
the season as the strong western clubs
marshaled their forces against the
worlds champions,
1t was the sixth victory out of the |
last seven games for the Reds, who 1,
have reeained their best form after a
a a ri
put them within two games of the
Pittsburgh Pirttes, who hold second
place. "
The New fork Yankees stretched
their American league lead to IL
games during the week and have
started THEFT western trip by dividing
ihe first twp games with st. Louis
Sam JoIes saved the game for the
Yanks yesterday when, after Bullet
Joe Bush weakened, he went in and
checked the Browns. The score was
s to 4.
Bill Tilden at last has been beaten
py the Spaniard, Alonzo. The Span
lard won -FOUR sets yesterday, tohih5
The Illinois state tennis title.
The Torrington club yesterday de-
seated the Dixies of Hartford by
score of to 0.
Ruins of a city, believed to be at
east 1000 years old, have been dis
severed in Mexico by Scottish min
ng engineer