New Britain herald., 1925-08-08

favor of John Enzmann. Enzmann went along we'll until he hurt his arm and then he was to be relieved. Imagine the surprise of the fans when out walked Earl Johnson king pin of Hartford's twirlers to do the relief stunt. Earl had just pitched tough game Sunday and was sent in again for six innings to do his stuff,
 Thursday Hartford lost a double header to New Haven. Lem Owen twirled the first game and lost out 10 c. James, lanky left handler who has tWirled some sweet games for the Hartford team, started the sec ond game. One of the New Haven players got single and he was sacrificed to second. Immediately James was yanked and of all the poor moves made by the Hartford manager. Owen, the man who had just finished nine innings, vas call cd back into the game. The re:nIlt was four runs four New Haven. Some bean work. Paddy
 Things are shaping up real well for the kaplan-Herman bout in Wa terbury on August 27. Kaplan yes erday posted a certified check for s?,Oo0 as forfeit that he will meet Herman at the featherweight limit of 12S pounds. Herman is expected to post his forfeit today.
 kaplan is working out daily at his quarters in Hanover Park, and fans who would like to see him in action have only to step down to the Silver City and watch the champion work.
 Herman will pick either Hartford or EaNin Rock for his training center and this means that both fighters will be in the Nutmeg state before the date of battle.
 The rest of the card will be one LD lllj hE lllEs ldlls idii Stdiu bll tlu and will be a fitting introduction 10 Connecticuts greatest championship battle. The curtain raiser will zoe Buck Kelly and Frankie O'Brien of Hartford going over the six round route at 15o pounds. These two fight CTS will make things interesting for the fans.
 The second bout on the card will bring Johnny O'Kecfe of Hartford and Eddie Lord of Waterbury to- gsther in eight rounds at 1cs pounds, Fans who have seen OKeefe the Hartford boy in action can ex- poct him 10 give good show.
 The. semi final will see the re- sumption ot the feud between the two boys from the Borough of Wal lnEford, Sheik Leonard and Tracy Ferguson, in a 10 round go al 15n pounds. This will be a sweet battle hat will draw interest in Connecti- cut to equal that in the final bout,
 All In al the card will be hard 10 beat,
 The response last night 10 the cali or a meeting of the managers Of leading baseball teams in the city was one that would do any fans heart good. In fact, the turn out was ,oo good for the prospects of a city series, and when the moguls all gath rred together they found that there were too many teams wanting 10 play for the city title to get all the games in in the time | hat is left.
 The baseball managers figure that they want to get the battles over with in time 10 make way for the opening of the football season. This is a wise move on the part of the directors of the teams because when the All-Ncw Britain football team starts its season this year. there will he little room left for baseball
 n-Ip Nltl bC OillN llN ENdl ut ud NS left on which 10 play and four, pos sihy five, Sundays to play tho games off, and the managers did not feel as if they wanted to break in on tho City League games. These end on Saturday, August 20, and the games hetWcen the riajor teams would have lo be started on Saturday, August c3, 10 make the finish on time,
 What uill he done now will be a question but it is confidently expect nd that the team managers who have home grounds will select their op- ronAnts and will play a series off at 2 later date,
 Johnny Tobin showed the boys some speed last night in welding the pencil, He figured out every way possible 10 get the series with six teams entered over with in the short time left, but the meeting came to . close without anything definite be- ing decided. One thing was preached 'LG' nus q SOuu Spul anu that lS that forfeit of sl0n should be posted by each team entering the series to guarantee their good faith in going through with the match,
 Some of the finest cooperation seen among a group of baseball man. agers was shown last night by the gathering, and the managers showed in part why they have been success full in handling teams during the past year.
 Chuck" Smedley, he whose pro- c,ivitics led him to the pages of an- cient history when Greek met Greek on Andrews lot and other gladia- loriaI fields in the city that was once a part of Berlin. refused 10 be drawn into the discussion, saying A,