New Britain herald., 1924-05-06
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McNulty, ex-captain of the Ohio state college team, got his first real chance in the big show yesterday when he stepped into the shoes of Iris Speaker. He filled them we'll, too, seeking out three hits.
 Detroit scored a total Of s hits off Chicago hurlers yesterday and Harry lieilmann got four of them.,
 Cy Williams is getting to be quite a cleanup man. Yesterday he hit homer with two on, and it was his third offenseSof this type this season.
 Weyland Dean, the Giants prize beauty who has been going so good this season, didn't so so good yester- day, and any fullness about the heaS was taken out by Williams and his company.
 Fournier got two homers off Boston pitchers.
 The batting of old Zach Wheat con- tinues to feature the big leagues. Yes terday he got his third homer as we'll as . double and a single and that brings his total up to 10 hits (includ- ing homers) in the last 13 times at lat.
 Fred Teller, the Meriden pin crash CT, will do his stuff at Rogers alleys tomorrow night with Eddie Anderson as his opponent.
 Turner and Basso won their match from Sullivan and Garrack of New Haven at the Fraternity alleys last night. The New Britain boys now lead by 51 pins, and so to New Ha- ven May II for the final match.
 Tonsilitis gave Second Baseman Jimmy Dykes his chance to break Lack into the Philadelphia Athletics lineup after being relegated to the bench.
 The way Dykes is going. 1t may take something worse than tonsilitisto get him out.
  purchased Second Baseman Max Bish- CD from the Baltimore club of the In- ternational league, He was rated the star of the organization at that posi- ton.
 Mack gave him the berth at second in preference to Dykes. He played second in the opener, then was taken sick.
 Dykes was sent into the game and he started the Athletics in their win ming ways. His fine work was instru- mental in several victories.
 The Pirates played an exhibition game yesterday, winning from St. Nincents college. 13 and O.
 First Baseman Thomas of Water bury socked out home run yester- day, enabling his team to defeat Springfield, 10, but got credit only for | A single as there was a man on the | bag who scored with the winning count.
 Wesleyan and Trinity got together, atbletically speaking, yesterday for the first time in four years. Wesley an celebrated by defeating the Trin tennis team.
 In the third day of the Olympic | tennis matches yesterday the Italian team went down to consecutive de- feats at the hands of the German players.
 A record for postponed games in the International league was believed 10 have been established yesterday when the Buffalo club was kept idle for it's seventh straight day, due to wet grounds Last Tuesday the Bisons were halted at Newark by the rain and six straight games at Buffalo have been postponed.
 Denny Burns, rfsht-handed pitcher, who looked so good fin the few games he worked for the Athletics last fall, is meeting with all kinds of trouble this spring. He has been hit hard fin every start and Manager Mack is about ready to consign him to the bushes. 'E
 One Of the best jockeys at Havre de Grace this spring is Jack Burke, who rode six winners in his first II starts, and whose average" to date is still considerably better than 300.
 An exchange says Benny Nalger is the hardest man in the ring to fight and the hardest to get fights for. To this we add, also the hardest to watch fight.
 The Walker cup matches between British and American golf teams will he decided over the testing and beau iiful Garden City links at Long Island Sept. 12 and IS. Sammy Mandell, the Chicago sheik, has been matched 10 trade punches with Jack Bernstein. former junior lightweight champion, at Louisville, . May 1s.
 SHUGRUE YS. PARKER |