New Britain herald., 1925-05-20
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 Tho home run that Francis
 Sheehan got for the Gascos against
 city hall yesterday certainly was top
 hole as tho bally old Britishers
 would say. It takes long hit for
 the fast stepping Frankie 10 circle
 ibc bases, and this one surely gave
 him ample time 10 do his Nurni
 #urt, !
 "Tcddcrs" Kilduft still has his old
 llme throwing arm and he tossed
 them down 10 second in great | shape.
 Carlo" Restelli, who has done . about everything in baseball. in-
 cluding pitching and playing first ! base, now makes his debut as a, backsop. And the kids very good : too. He can catch them in good
 shape and he has whip that is not 2 to be sneeZed at, His begging to
 he bases is very good,
 Johnny Burns did well on first
 base, picking them up la George
 slsler.
 The A. l.. A. baseball team will i practice tomorrow evening at Wal |
 nut Hil park.
 Now that the Corbin Cabinet Lock | basketball players have actually re-
 ceived the cup and watch charms
 for winning first place in the tight
 court struggle this past winter, per
 haps they can at last realize their
 victory. but the race for first place
 was SO close and doubtful. requiring
 an eItra post-season game, that it
 is not to be wondered at all if 1t
 has taken all this time for the win
 ners 10 realize their success.
 The banquet at the Y. M. (. A.
 last night, when the league wound
 Up Its affairs, was success in
 every way.
 Jack Quimby, former Yale coach. remarked on the fricndIiness which
 the players of the different teams
 felt for each other. This was one notable feature Of the playing sea son. few scraps occurred In the
 heat Of the many close games play ed during the season, but this ami mostly was always forgotten as soon as the final whistle blew and the
 players had cooled off Most of the
 players knew and respected each other before the season, many very
 well, and 1t is safe 10 say that more
 friendships than enmities were de-
 Nelopc1 hy the league.
 The Flatware team in the Landers twilight league met with it's first de-
 feat last night at the hands of the High street nine. but it forced the game into extra innings before sue cumhing to the bat Of shortstor l'riske.
 The hero stuff is getting to be as regular as daily bread to Walter Johnson. Yesterday he went in as a pinch-hittcr in the ninth inning with his team one run behind and man on baSc Pitcher Shaute of inc Indians put over two strikes, and then Johnson put one over- the fence. It was the first ball any ht-handnd batter has ever hit over the right field fence Of the Cleveland park. Walter trotted around and scored the winning run. This is the second game this sea- son he has broken up with his pinch hitting.
 From the enthusiastic mob re- ception which Parts according Jack Dempsey yesterday 1t would seem that he Is as much a popular idol there A Georges Carpenter always bas been on this side.
 Chuck WojaCk, suffering from sight charley horse, did not get into Hartfords s murderous victory yesterday until shortstop Durocher was injured in the ninth. Then Marty Shay moved over and Chuck went in at second getting two put cuts. He did not have chance to bat, though. Hartford made s4 hits and. at the rate Chuck is travelling, we wonder how many he would have banged out had he played the entire game.
 Chicago may be renamed the City Of Broken Streaks." for on Monday the White sox checked the Athletics after nine victories and yesterday the Cubs drove Nehf out of inc box and ended the Giants string at eight.
 sis'er has only seven more games 10 go 10 tie the consecutive hitting record established by himself in 1922. But seven games is seven games.
 The Rotary club has been divided into six warning camps, each of < which is 10 back one of the teams of E the boys baseball league 10 be spon- ! s8ed by the club this summer. At . the Rotary luncheon tomorrow eve 4 ming, each of these groups of i4 to