New Britain herald., 1926-07-16

5 s p e a kin g ! I of Sport t s HI 
 The Providence club, which is at | the top of the Eastern league heap, i 8 one of the best drawing teams in | he circuit, not alone because of the | tlassy outfit and their position in the standing, but also because of | heir colorful manager, "Rube" Marquard. The team took two of | he three games with Hartford at | Clarkin field this week, finding the | offerings of Fred Lynch, the Sena- tors mainstay in the box, decidedly | Eo their liking in the deciding game l yesterday.
 The third base rooters enjoyed | themselves while his underlings were ] iammering out 12 hits for seven runs including three homers. Morrison, | Wight and Harris smacked Lynch l kor the circuit, Morrison and Wight | hitting theirs over the right held | Eence, and Wight over the left field l fence. Morrison also chased Harry l [ence. and Harris over the left field o the fence for another hard smash. One Hartford fan hollered to Mar 1 ,uard that McGraw said he got 11, 900 lemon," when he bought the 'Rube" some years back. Another asked if the "Rube" recalled the day Frank Baker, the Athletics slugger, oelted a homer off him ill worlds series game. "Joe" Smith, sturdy backstop, who one of the veterans of the East Arn league, is one of the best natur- Id players imaginable. He never passes from the plate to the bench without talking to the "kidders' and every laugh that is on him is taken n good part. Likewise, he shoots back some snappy repartee.
 Yesterday a fan shouted to Joe" q Init them like you used to when ,ou were with the Giants" A broad krin spread over "Joes' countenance the advice and he burst out laughing when another fan joined n with. "Yes, I guess he must have been with the Colored Giants. Joe trew a base on balls and the next minute romped home ahead Of Sheriff Harris four bagger over he fence. "He hits them and l Fun on them" Joe" told the gang Il the stands.
 Another fan called Joe" dirty eek" "He must think you re ohnny Nagle," someone else shout d, and Joe" laughed with the rowd.
 The Hartford club lacks some hing but what 1t is the fans don't eem to be able to figure out. Yes ardav they had men on bases al- most every inning, but hey coulo ,ot push them home. Schlnkei' ,beridan. Heitman and Comiskey are s0o bitters. but they don't get the its when they are needed, and the bitching staff is anything but oe- bendable. In yesterdays game vnch seemed to lose heart when Uas three or four runs behind nd deliberately eascd up. HolnG uns followed and the senators ally in the closing innings lell hort.
 Walter Genin, Hartford's center a,dar Is a flash on the bases, put q Aubs on ground balls and IS mt ing far below what Is expectIu o' n outflelder. Schinkel, the cledn- n man, gets a couple or hils Ill ai- most every game, but they uon ome in the pinches.
 Paul Berlenbach evidently hau ;fa eaver in the rain which prevent d his fight last night with Jack De ,av of Bridgeport. Berlenpach Iorelv made the light heaVy"elsii, inf of 175 pounds and he had haIu ynrk making it during the day ne nDeared to be too finely dra"li at
 n,clock yesterday afternoon ana ,,on,d nrobably have been in nohe oo good condition last night
 ne,anev surprised all who nave oan following him by weighing ln 1661s well below the pound .a9o which he was figured to step li.o he ring. He made confident s'aIe ,ert however, that he was Tn tne est shape of his career
 An article appearing in the pa are throughout the country Just the thar dav to the effect that pase- ou r,sver in one of the leagues III r..-,,,i, had made a worlds record w making four home runs out ol our times at bat, was putting the art before the horse
 rbe first time the feat of making o,r home runs out of four m d .,e was in 1889 in Hartforo' Red" Derby, catcher for the Hart ard team a. man short in stature ,,d without much weight, laceo out our home runs in four times at pat The game in which this was ac, on, rIished was at the old Waro treet grounds.
 Tn the league at that time were h7i,resbarre. Jersey City and Wor- ester, John NJ. Henry, now heu-
 .t or inc Hartford police de- Iartment, was captain Of the team nd "Gentle Willie" Murphy was the Rahe Ruth of the circuit.
 Many of the old timers in this city .m remember these players. They ere in organized baseball when Hans Wagner first came to Hartforo