New Britain herald., 1925-07-21
s p e a kin g of Sports

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 Hartford won its fifth consecutive victory yesterday and scored Its sec- ond consecutive shut out over the Springfield Ponies in as many days. Hartford will play at home again on Thursday when Waterbury will be entertained in the Capital City. Hartford will have another Sunday game at home next Sunday when Pittsheld plays at Clarkin field. These are the only two home games this week. Thursday and Sunday.
 Next week Hartford will play at home on Monday. Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday.
 Hartford has traded Moe Solomon 10 Albany for Schinkel. Moe has been in lot of hard luck this year and although lately he has, been hit ting at q good pace, he hasn't been very fast since he broke his ankle and Schinkel has two good sturdy legs. Schinkel has been heavy hitter in seasons gone by. but he is far from his mark this season.
 "Chucky" Wojak Is the silent member of the Hartford team, 50 it seems. He has sat on the bench now for long time and If Hartford doesn't want him, why don't they give him chance to go somewhere else? It is contidentially reported that at least two other teams in the Eastern circuit would grab Wojak up right away if he were released, but O'Connor won't let him so.
 It's hard thing for any man to try and hit consistently when he Is kept on the bench most of the time, but that Is what they are doing to Wojak and it's about time the Hart ford management did something about it.
 Harry Hesse since his return to the Hartford lineup, has been going like a house afire. It Hartford had more players as good in the field and at bat as Hesse is, then they would be sitting at the top of the Eastern League pile.
 Watching Billy Wojak, Franks younger brother with the Falcon Reserves last Saturday afternoon, gives one an idea that the young fellow, if he gets the proper train ing, should develop into a good ball player. We remember another member of the family who has passed away, that could play with the best of them on any ball lot.
 We would like to see Budnick No. 1, now playing with Manchester, get a chance on some professional team and it is our prediction that he would make the grade. Budnick is about as good a ball player and a third baseman as this city has turned out in many moons and ue would like to see him gracing the lineup of some professiona league club.
 ! he Dragons will hold a practice session Thursday evening at 6:30 o'clock at Walnut Hill in prepara- ton for the game in the City league next Saturday against the Burritts. Manager Tommy Aldrich wants all men 10 be on deck as the team slip ped last Saturday and he wishes to guard against the same mistakes made then.
 The City league at the beginning of the season was looked down on by certain well known players who feel that they arc the goods. Now they are wishing that they had got ten into the league and hooked onto some of the teams playing this year. This cannot be as the league man. agers have already decided not to do away with any of the rules made at the beginning Of the season.
 The league has beef sailing along in good shape so far except for the protests entered by the teams. Some of the protests are really childish and when a game is protested on decision by the umpire on a foul or fair ball, then it is high time that players be secured who don't want every ball they hit called fair ball.
 It was real pleasure to watch the second game at Walnut Hill park Saturday between the Dragons and P. & F. Corbins where Empires Noonan and Campbell worked. These boys have been in the game for years in this city and they know how to call them. It is significant that none of their decisions was questioned. When real ball players who know the game and have played it for years get together, there is very lit- tle era bbing of vicious nature done. Every ball player has the right to call the umpire when he thinks he misses one, put no player has the right to insult any umpire no matter how poor his decisions look.
 The City league managers made a rule that any players caught swear ing on any team would be barred | from the game, but there were l plenty of chances to bar players at the hill Saturday. AS was said in this column yesterday, it was one of the worst degrading scenes seen at the | hill this year and some steps ought | to he taken to stop roUdy tactics and nasty language of the fans on the sidclincs.
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