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New Britain herald., 1927-06-29
(BY BILLY EVANS)


 The greatest batsman of the last 25 years, every phase of the game considered--my nomination is Tyrus Raymond Cobb. generally considered the greatest ball player of all time.
 Babe Ruth gets more distance to his drives than Ty Cobb ever did. but there alone has Ruth the edge on Cobb as a batter.
 Willie Keeler was a better bunter than Cobb, perhaps a trine more scientific in his actions around the plate, but there alone did Wee Willie" have the edge on Ty.
 Hornsby. Wagner, Lajoie and Jackson consistently got more power behind their drives than Cobb. but in that feature alone was their hit ting superior to the Georgia Peach.
 Sisler, Speaker, Roush and Collins are much the same style batsmen as Cobb, but despite their greatness, Cobb must be rated as superior bats man, all things considered.
 4 left handed batsman is supposed to have an advantage because of hitting from that side of the plate. thereby gaining perhaps step in the run from the plate to first base. That one step often makes q base hit for a left handler that would have been just an out for right handler.
 Cobb is a left-handed batter and there was no faster man in the game when he was in his prime. His extraordinary speed won for him many a base hit that slower men would have lost.
 Cobb was an extraordinary hunter and for that reason had the oppos- ing infield constantly in doubt as to his intention. which was q material advantage. It was not unusual for Cobb to fake a bunt. purposely missing the ball to draw the infeld in and then come right back by hit ting the ball through
 At dragging the ball. sort of push bunt. the intent being to get the ball past the pitcher, thereby making it almost impossible for any inielder to make a play on the ball, he also starred.
 While Cobb never was noted as home run hitter and lacks the ter rife driving power of Babe Ruth. his swing was far from that of weakling and his batting records contain a goodly number of doubles and triples. True. his great speed turned many q single into a double and double into a triple, but some how he got there.
 A keen eye and master mind supplemented the remarkable bat ting ability possessed by Cobb which was topped off by sublime con- fidcnce in his superiority. Cobb all ways conveyed the impression tha, every pitcher feared Cobb as bats man more than Cobb feared him as a pitcher and such was invariably the case.
 Tn his entire career of 22 years as an American leaguer. only in one game has any pitcher completely dominated Cobb I happened to be calling balls and strikes in that game while "Doc" White. then a star southpaw with the Chicago White SoN. did the mystifying.
 Believe it or not, Cobb struck out four times in that ball game and as I remember hc didn't make so much as a healthy foul. In the ninth in- ming Freddy Payne substituted for him, the only time during his career that Cobb was removed from a game because Of inability to bat.
 However. Doe White has since told mo that Cobb made him suffer plenty for the field day he once had at the Georgia Pcach's expense.
 All things considered. Cobb must be rated as the master batsman O, the last 25 years.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-29

 Newmatics ..........11l s3o soo--l7 Corbin ...............4?o o15 oo2-ll
 Two base hits-Arsosy ,, Ernie Ander- son. Pattison, Eric Andersen. Parus 3, Huber Jackson 2. Matteo 2. Anstasio. Three base hit-Erie Anderson. Uneire-
 Stanley Works Win
 Jim Scott and Billy Schmidt. pitching for the Stanley Works md Stanley Rule teams in the gane played on Diamond No. 1, hookedlp in a sweet pitching duel with he Stanley Works emerging the vict'r by the score of to 3. A big seventh inning rally in which the Butt Max CTS pounded out six runs settled th issue.
 It was a great battle while 1t lasted. The two teams are great rivals and each was anxious to win last night. It was the first family affair between the two and although the Rulers got off to q flying start the Workers caught them and over. hauled them before the tape was reached.
 The pitchers held the limelight throughout the battle. Schmidt fan. ned nine Stanley Workers while Scott equalled the league strikeout record by flaming IS Rulers. Scott had the edge through his great con- trol. In the pinches he was especial. ly effective. With men on the bases. time after time he turned back tho batters and prevented much damage being done.
 On the other hand, the Stanley Works wrecking crew got to Schmidt at oportune times and left only a few runners on the base paths. The Stanley Rule team had . total of nine men left on.
 The Rulers scored first in the third inning wherein they garnered their total for the day. Jervis singled and Hin,hliffe's error put two on Argosy singled to center and Jervis scored. Scfaeffer doubled and brought in two more.
 The Workers pi,ked up one in tho fourth and anotter in the sixth when Jimmy Green scored in each frame. Jimmy stated the fourth with d triple ant registered on Parsons sacrifice fv. He was on in
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New Britain herald., 1927-06-29

fly. Krase ended the rally with . single. Orbin got two runs in the ninth and was still three short of tying the ceunt.
 Ernie Anderson pitched inc bail considering The support he received and the wet balls he was forced to throw. He fnned ten batters. Hu. Der was the oily Corbin pitcher who was effective. The hitting of Pa trus. Argosy aid Eric Anderson was terrific. Kraua made two bad CT. ros but atoned with . pair of beau. tiful pick-ups ald throws from the grass back of firt base. Other fea- lures were the york of Haines be. hind the plate am . twisting catch by Mainelli. The lox score:
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New Britain herald., 1927-06-29
HASEBiIL'S BIG FOUR

F" TTN I TITTVT FFES'.
 Hornsby's 14th home run. put ting him one behind Hack Wilson for the National league lead. was his only hit in four times up.
 Speaker again made a double and single in four times at bat to keep his average on the rise.
 Cobb was successful as pinch hitter cracking out single when he batted for Pate in the ninth.
 Ruth was idle.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-29
Tntala

x-Batted for II. Bell in 9th.
 xx-Ratted for Southworth in 9th.
 xy-Batted fol Reinha-t In 9th.
 NXxx-BatteG for OFarrell in 9th. Pittsburgh ............1hl 0I c00-o St. Louis ............03 033 100 O0l-s
 Two bas hits-Douthit, Toporcer. P. Waner. Barnhar'. Cvengros Rhyme. Three base hit--I. Waner. Home ruNs-Bot- tomley Grantham. Winning pitcher Cvengros. Losing pitcher-keen. Empires -Klem. Mccormick and Mclaughlin. Time-c.4..
New Britain herald., 1927-06-29

1-Batted for French in 9th.
 xx-Ran for Perkins in 9th.
 xxx-Batted for Johnson in 5th.
 z-Batted for Ronnlel In Sth.
 zz-Batted for Pate in 9th.
 zzz-Ean for Cobb in 9th. Philadelphia ..........hoo hn0 o0s-S New York ..........0Se col o3x-9 Two base hits-Pa schal. Meusel, Combs. Durst Three haes hit-Simmons. Home run-Gelirig. Winning pitcher-S Shocker. Losing pitcher--Walberr. Umpires-Nan Graflan, Connolly and Rowland. Time 2:1S,
New Britain herald., 1927-06-29

T0tAIS SE IF 1.-Two out when winning run scored.
 z-Batted for Jacobs in 1tn.
 zz-Batted for Grouse In sth
 zzz-Batted for Cole in 9th. Cleveland ............,140 200 00n-7 Chicago ...............02 900 203-S Two base hits-L Seweli Hodapp, Shaute, Neis. Peck 2. Three base hit Peck. Winning ritcher-Cole. Losing pitcher-Shaute. Empires-Owens and Ormsby. Time-e:15.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-29

Two base hits-Sisler. E. Miller 2. Carroll, IIeilmann, Schulte. Three base hits-Heilmann 2. Losing pttcher-Zach ary. Cmpires-Evans, Hidebrand and McGowan. Time of game-l:5l.
 Second Game
 St. Louis ...............o o2o mo onl-S Detroit ............c0 200 100 05x-6
New Britain herald., 1927-06-29
IN o A
NEWMATICS FURNISH BIG
 UPSET BEATING CORBINS

Weird Game Results In Defea For League Leaders Stanley Works Win Out h Pitching Duel With Stanley Rule = Landers Frary & Clark Team Swamps Union Works In Postponed Affair-Rulers Meet Russwins In Contest Tonight At Willow Brook Park
New Britain herald., 1927-06-29
z-Batted for Lundgren in sth.

zl-Ratted TOT WeIzer Tn StFl.
 Washington ...........0o2 110 00o-4
 Two base hits-Harris Speaker, Crow der. Losing pitcher--Lundgren. tmpires --Geisel Na)lin and Dineen. Time-1;5l.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-29

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Totals 32 : II ., Il x-Battcd for Songer in 7th.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-16
BANK GROWS IN.
CHEVY CHASE
b. RICHARp HATTON

The announcement that the board
of directors Of the Chevy Chase
Savings Bank has declared the
regular semi-annual dividend to be
paid on July ] serves to bring to
notice the progress made by this
financial institution since its or
ganization in December, 1921.
The Chevy Chase Bank was or.
ganized originally with capital of
$4,000. This was later increased
to 100000. The prosperity of the
institution has kept pace with the
development Of the community.
The assets OF the institution now
are well over 100000.
While the Chevy Chase Bank Is
one of the youngest financial insti.
tutions in TIE city It occupied last
fall a handsome new bank building
erected at the corner of Connecti-
cut Avenue and Morrison Street,
which is a monument to its rapid
development.
DIR. Frederick e. harrington,
president of the Chevy Chase Bank,
was named as member of the
council of administration Of the
District Of Columbia Bankers As.
ISOLATION at the recent convention
of that organization at Hot Springs,
Va.
The report made at the annual
convention of the District of Co
lumbIa Bankers Association by
Vice President Edward j. McQuade,
Of the Liberty National Bank,
chairman of the committee on
standardized banking forms, was
one of the most interesting and
Illuminating reports submitted.
During the past year the commit
tee continued its efforts along well
defined lines giving particular at
tention to the consideration of
forms for the safe deposit de-
partment. The committee, also.
gave special attention to a form
Of note that would not only en-
body the waiver of presentment,
demand. notice Of dishonor and no
tice OF protest, but a confession Of
Judgment, as well. there being an
insistent demand for such form
OF note.
Among the forms submitted at
the Hot Springs convention this
year were promissory note form
which has been approved by the
Federal Reserve Bank of Rich
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-16

mond and which VIII be accepted
for rediscount, a discount form
which is in general use in most
large cities. an installment form
of note, a corporation financial
statement form, which. it is be.
lieved. will best meet local needs:
a liability ledger card, change of
address card. notice of death card.
placer card and employment appli-
cation card.
The report Of the committee is
signed by j. Damn Faber, C. F..
Jacobsen, Arthur j. Linn. L. p.
McLachlen, John M. Riordon, L. A.
Slaughter, E. e. Swan and e. j.
McQuade. chairman.
The committee on standardized
banking forms stiIl has a tre-
mendous amount of work before it
and another report will be made
at the next convention. Chairman
McQuade has received the highest
praise for the systematic and com.
prehensive study he has made of a
subject upon which he is consid-
cred one of the foremost authori.
ties in the country.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-16
FOREIGN BONDS
WOmen's City Club
To Give Two PLAYS

Two plays. THE Playgoers" ana
Screen Stockings" will be pre-.
scented by the Women's City Club
in the Belasco Theater tomorrow
evening.
The proceeds win be donated to
relief work in the Mississippi flood
regions. The first performance be.
gins at $50 p. m.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-16
TEST NEWS AND QUOTATIONS OF THE FINANCIAL MARKETS

31o0.25: first AS. s102.sO; second.
AIS, s10O.12: third AIS. 800. 90:
fourth Is, $103.22; new AS, s11s.ls:
new 4s, $108.16. and new s%n.
$1O5.20.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-16
LlBERIY BONDS

FURNISHED by ". B. Hibbs 4 Coz
NEW YORK, June 1s.-opening
Liberty bond quotations AIS,
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-29
P oIice Of Two Cities
Cooperate to Secure
Sci Of Finger Prints

An instance of the close alignment
of Mexican and American peace Of
ficers for the purposes OF suppressing
crime and criminals has come to
light in the investigation of the rob-
berry of the cash drawer at the Hotel
Moderno in Aqua Prieta m
Aqua Prieta police found that, there
were finger prints on the broken cash
drawer but they. had no finger print
expert They appealed to Chief OF
Police Percy Bowden, who reported
the situation to Deputy Sheriff o. A.
Ash, who is chief of the finger print
division of the Cochise county sher-
Iiff's office.
Deputy Ash Immediately went to
Aqua Prieta and secured the finger
prints from the broken cash drawer.
These have been filed with finger
print identification bureaus and one
copy is kept here. II tile roober is
an old offender it is probable thai
the finger print bureaus will send in
his description and name and if he
is arrested on suspicion here or IN
Aqua Prieta Ash will take his finger
prints and compare them and the
crime will be solved.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-29
Man Charged With :
Smuggling Liquor
Is Held to Court

Bernardo Romero, Mexican, arrested
Tuesday night by members of the
mounted inspection service of the
United States customs on charges OF
Transporting contraband into this
country at a place other than port
and without making declaration ac-
cording to law, was given a prelimin-
ary hearing before United States Com
missioner H. G. Beumler yesterday
morning and was held to the action of
the United s ates district coupt in
Tucson under bond of $500.
Romero relates pitiful tale. He
says that he has a wife and three
children at Esqueda, which is south of
Aqua Prieta, that the wife and two of
the children who are very small are
sick and that he came north to secure
medicine for them He says that he
does not know what will happen to
his wife and little ones now that he is
in Jail as his wife, being sick, cannot
work.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-29
Court Grinds Out
Justice and Men Go
To Tombstone Jail

Private Robinson of Company A. of
the Twenty-fifth, who was arrested
at a local hotel on Tuesday night by
Patrolman Pollard of the police on a
charge of destroying property and dis
turbing the peace and being drunk,
was sentenced to six months in the
county Jail yesterday afternoon in
justice court
Five prisoners were taken to Tomb
stone from the city Jail yesterday in
cluding Robinson. The others were
Ruben Luke Hickman to serve six
months of a sentence which was sus-
pended some time ago on agreement
that he would stay out Of the state;
Francis Holland, who was charged with
attempted murder of Yaqui Edwards,
local pugiliSt; Harry j. Lehr, the
giant tatooed man and his companion,
Richard Roe. The latter two were SEN
fenced to six months each for destruc-
ton of property and disorderly con-
duct. Holland is yet to face trial in
the superior court on the shooting
charge and is held under $4,000 bond.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-29

river, washing out the repair work
The railroad company is now in the
same position as it was on December
IL, and officials said tonight it would
be after January l before traffic could
be resumed across the river, providing
the river and weather calm.
At this season of the year many car
loads of iomatoes and other vegetables
are shipped from the Los MoChis dis
trict daily, and unhampered trans
portation for perishables is imperative
Partially successful efforts are being
made to cross tomato shipments over
the Fuerte by barge. Nine carloads
were crossed in this manner yesterday.
Some growers and shippers Of winter
vegetables in he isolated sections Of
the west coast of Mexico have shipped
their produce by way Of Guadalajara,
thence to FL Paso over the Nationals
lines. However, this route is a full day
longer and freight rates are much
higher
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-29
OPEN HOUSE ON
MONDAY NIGHT
PLAN AT THE Y

Following out a custom which is
observed in most associations through
out the United States, the Douglas
Y. M. G. A., will hold open house
Monday night, January 2, from
to 10 o'clock. The public is invited
to attend and will be entertained
in various ways throughout the eve
ming.
A basket ball game between the
''Y'' and High school teams will be
played in the gym early in the eve
ming. The bowling alleys will be open
for use by the public, and from 8
to 9 musical program will be given
in the reading room Christmas songs
will be sung by all, and some spec
ial vocal and instrumental numbers
are being arranged.
Jack Humble has promised to be
on hand to demonstrate his we'll
known fire eating stunts, and IN
addition will give a magical and
black art exhibition Those who, have
seen Humble in these demonstrations
say that his art is professional.
In connection with the evenings
program. a report of the 1927 activ-
tiles of the association will be given,
and plans for the new year outlined.
Refreshments will be served.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-29
TWO GOVERNORS
MAY Be PRESENT
AT BIG BANQUET

Fernando Mendoza member OF the
Aqua Prieta Chamber OF Commerce
committee on entertainment for Gov
ernor Fausto Topete of Sonora, who
is expected in Aqua Pricta early in
January, announced late yesterday
that plans for an international
banquet to be held at the Club Social
in Aqua Prieta with Governor Topete
of Sonora and Governor Hunt OF
Arizona as the guests of honor, were
progressing.
Mendoza, who, with Ignacio Soto, is
in charge of the preparations, related
that Governor G. w. P. Hunt had
notified him that ne could not be
present on January 10, which was
the date set tentatively for the
banquet, but that he would be glad
to attend if the banquet could be
held few days earlier.
Mendoza and Soto are now work
ing in hopes that the visit OF Cover
nor Topete to Aqua Prieta anG the
northern part of Sonora can be timed
so that he may arrive here, possibly
on January 7. 1t this is arranged,
the committee states, the banquet will
be held with prominent citizens from.
both sides OF the border attending
and the two governors sitting in
the places OF honor.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-29
SURCING WATER
WASHES OUT E. P.
BRIDGES In MEX.

NOGALES, Dec. % H9 = Surging
waters of the Fuerte river, swollen by
hard rains in the mountainous district
of sout hern Sonora and northern Sin
aloa states again struck the tempor-
ary bridge of the Southern Pacific de
Mexico railroad last night and wash
ed away l8 new bents. Today the
water was still rising and was reported
at the base Of rails of the main line
track.
Flood has followed flood in the
F1uerte river district. On December IL,
the 1OO-foot steel bridge of the S. P.
de Mexico across the Fuerte near San
Bias, Sinaloa, was taken out by high
water. Special gangs of workmen were
rushed to the scene but as rapidly as
they could construct temporary
structure, new floods swept down the
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-29

$40 But he had walked only about
three steps when he again turned
and said, Honest, now, what is the
most you will give for it? I've got
to get my car fixed end get back
to Los Angeles"
"Well," said the man who had made
the bid of $40, "I'll make it $12.'
Almost before the buyer had the
words out of his mouth the salesman
replied, "Sold," and brought the
sweeper back to the bidder.
Ordinarily the foregoing would be
all needed to tell the story of a
bargain and sale of carpet sweeper.
But not with the high powered sales
man from Los Angeles. Something
more than an hour after the sale
of the $12 sweeper the buyer and a
couple of his friends were standing
on the alley near where the purchase
had been made and q truck load OF
new carpet sWeepers, iGentically the
same sort as the one bought, came
through and the high powered sales.
man was aboard. Now the query III
the mind of the buyer and his
friends is What became of the
broken bearing in the automobile,
to repair which the first sale was
allegedly made?
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-29
RUTH and JUDD
SEEK TO ESCAPE
CHAIR BY PLEA

ALBANY, N. Y, Dec. % R)-The
final plea for the life of Mrs. Ruth
Brown Snyder the Queens Village
housewife and mother awaiting exe-
cution for the murder of her husband,
Albert Snyder, will be made to
Governor Smith on January 5. At
the same time counsel for Henry Judd
Gray, the woman's paramour and
accomplice in the murder will be
given an opportunity to urge in his
behalf a communication of the death
sentence to one Of life Imprisonment.
Both Mrs. Snyder and Gray, a
lingerie and corset salesman, are
under sentence to die some time in
the week beginning January 9. Since
the executions at Sing SIG prison.
where the pair are inmates OF the
death house, are carried out usually
on Thursday nights, the lives of both
defendants will be forfeited to the
state on January II unless executive
clemency should be extended.
Governor Smith announced this
afternoon that he had fixed the first
Thursday OF the new year as the
time for granting the petition OF
former Judge Edgar F. Hazelton, Mrs.
Snyder's attorney, for hearing. The
governor said that as yet he had not
received any application for a hearing
for Gray, but that If his attorneys
wished to appear they might do SO
in conjunction with the appeal of
Mrs. Snyder.
While Judge Hazelton has made
no announcement of his plans, it is
generally believed that he will adj
vance the claim that Mrs. Snyder
lis suffering from neurosis. Several
weeks ago he attempted, unsuccess.
fully, to have Mrs. Snyder examined
by DR.. Clarence Neymann, a psychi-
artist of Chicago, to determine her
mental condition as a basis of his
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-29
WILLIS WILL BE
BEFORE JUSTICE
COURT HERE TODAY

Preliminary hearing OF the case
against j. P. Willis, charged with
obtaining money under false pre-
lenses, is set for this afternoon in
Douglas justice court Complaint
against Willis was sworn to here some
months ago by Mrs. Josephine Blalack
of this city.
A search was started for Willis
which finally ended in Wichita
Kansas, from which city the man was
extradited following a legal battle.
Willis was given a bonding hearing
in local court upon his arrival here
in the custody OF deputy sheriffs and
has been in Jail at Tombstone since
that time, having been unable to
secure bond.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-29

plea for clemency. At that time
Judge Hazelton stated that no claim
was made that Mrs. Snyder was
insane, but, rather, that she was q
psychopathic case and Tor that reason
should not be treated as an ordinary
murderess and put to death, but
should be confined in prison.
Although there is space tor only
20 or 25 persons in the Sing Sing
death chamber, including those whose
presence is required by law, more
than 100 newspapers in all parts
of the United States. have requested
the prison authorities for permission
to be represented at the executions.