New Britain herald., 1923-07-16
Spe akin g of Sports

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 It's the horse sense used in betting that usually wins horse cents.
 Mike, shake hands with Red, Red had his troubles as an umpire Satur- day as result of which he banished Mccormick of Berlin from the game. Mike had his yesterday, as a result of which he almost banished w. w. Leland from the players bench.
 Following a period of razzing over his decisions in the Leland Plainville game, in which the patron saint of the BL team was said to have been leader, Lynch removed his mask, stopped the game, and stalked over to the players bench to advise MT. Leland that he'd best keep still if he wished to enjoy the game from the bench.
 MT. Leland kept still.
 Dick Hyland had poor luck yester- day, and poorer support. Dudack started off bad with an error in right field, but when he got into the box he did very well.
 Many think that yesterdays game should have been won by the New Britain boys.
 Miss Bauer yesterday set a new world mark of 3:12 2-5 for the 22O yard back stroke in open water at Rye.
 Yesterdays victory was Alexanders 29th over New York's Giants in IS years in the National league. The score is close, however for in that time the Giants have licked him 2S times.
 It was Friberg's homer in the 10th with the bases full, that whipped the Giants and cut down their lead over Cincy to three and half games.
 Babe Ruth drew his tooth pass of the season yesterday. Scott had great day, accepting IS chances at short.
 In the Eastern, Springfield won out of 10 last week and climbed into third place, by virtue of yesterdays double win over Waterbury.
 Tilden rallied yesterday and won the national clay court title after tough scrap with Alonzo.
 The Middletown Kaceys defeated the American Thread of Willimantic yesterday, to 9. '
 Red" Fisher, Bridgeport manager, is the leading light in the Eastern league hitting array this week al- though Eddie Eayrs, former Worces- ter player and manager, tops him. Red has the highly respectable mark of 1899. Lefier, Cosgrove, Kenna, Rosenthal, Dowd and Osborn are up among the leaders.
 New Haven, Hartford and Worces- ter are the leaders in team batting with Springfield fourth. Stone is still undefeated having won six games but Baumgartner and Loftus are really the leagues leading pitchers. % Mccormick made a peach of a one | handed catch of long fly into the | crowd in centerheld in the Berlin Fafnir game Saturday.
 Al Blanchard also pulled a circus | catch in going into the crowd for a foul fly in the same game in the fifth inning.
 Fields made a brilliant steal of home in the last frame.
 Fafnir worked the hit and run to perfection in this inning.
 Al schade was the sacrifice kid Sat- urday, turning the trick twice.
 Berlin would have been much bet ter off if they had taken their beat ing and laid off ragging the umpire.
 If they were not satisfied they could make formal complaint.
 Red" was well within his rights in chasing Mccormick off the lot for verbal abuse.
 Satalino played his usual good game at first for the Rangers, his spearing of a drive being a feature. Caragga also made a brilliant one handed | catch. Doran didn't show up quite as we'll as he did Thursday. He , played well, but didn't field his posi- { ion quite as surely as he did in the irst game. Orsie, who started on the mound I or Berlin had tough time and last d less than two innings on the rub l per. Seven men faced him and ( pass, a hit, sacrifice, a two bagger, ! single and another pass spelled hree runs in the first. In the second was called in after the lrst two men had hit safely.
 Blanchard relied quite a. bit on his ( i'd Splitter" J Huber's one hand catch of Krauth's V rive in the fifth of the Corbin-Noise- F ess game, was a pippin. Had it got en away it would have scored at least ne more run. Il Politis' clout was a dandy and the fig fellow made good time in doing