New Britain herald., 1927-08-18

=, SuIudy WueH IL meets the talCOQi
in the first game Of a series for tn,
city championship.
Besides this hve-game series o.
battles with the Falcons, Manager
John Tobin has also arranged &
= three-game series with the All-Ken.
sington team.
Fans in Kensington are Indignant
over the action OF the two manager.
in this city In arranging a series Of
games without including the All.
Kensington team. They claim thai
in past years when attendance al
games In this city was slim, the Ken.
sington team was always willing and
ready to agree to series.
Last year. they point out. the Fal-
cons and the Corbin Red SOY
couldn't get together and agree on q
series. That left both teams with.
out a series to wind up the season
The All-Kensington team stepped In
and saved the day, they claim. by
playing both the Corbin Red Sox and
the Falcons in separate series.
This year, the shoe Is on the other
foot. Things haven't gone so very
we'll In the Paper Goods town this
season due to the fact that the club
got away to poor start and the
fans in the town feel that the man.
agement's good craftsmanship last
year has been repaid by a slight
this year.
Manager John Tobin OF the Cor
bin Red Sox stated that he was ar
ranging a series with Kensington
and he has done so. Manager John
Cabay also said that he was arrang-
ing a series with the South End team
but hadn't come to an agreement
yet with Manager Dan Malarney.
These series, however. will not
have any bearing on the champion
ship of New Britain and this battle
will be fought out between the Cor
bin Red Sox and the Falcons. 1t
would be a strange thing to have the
kensington team hand boil OF the
teams a lacing in the games to be
played.
Johnny Cabay wants to win city
championship. He points out that
he has several players on the Falcon
team who have been plugging along
for number of years and they have
just been outside of the pale as far
as the city baseball title is con-
cerned.
They are anxious to be on a
championship team this year and for
that reason, they will give their very
best in the coming clashes with the
Corbin Red Sox.
There was a little mix-up over
two games being played in the
Junior City league last night, the
general understanding having been
that only one contest was to take
place The result was that only one
umpire had been secured, and Tony
CAIRO. stocky American Legion
catcher, was drafted by Commits
sioner Jimmy Naughton to preside
over the Laurel-Y. NJ. c. A. game.
It was a hard place for Tony. but
he did we'll, pulling only one boner
all night. This was when he allow
ed Berlin to take first base on a
dropped third strike with one out
and a man on first. He was given a
little riding by the players during
the game, but it rolled off him like
spitballs off armor plate.
One Of the bills being used in the
Paradise Park Nathan Hale game
was lost in the left field grass yes
terday afternoon and the other was
appropriated by dog. The canine
made beautiful catches on several
occasions and it was with difficulty
that he was made to relinquish the
ball and allow the game to con-
tinue. He must have figured his
catch made the last out and that he
was entitled to keep the ball.
This practice Of retaining the last
ball caused a young riot after the
Boys Club Smith game. about 40
boys piling up in a free-for-all
scramble in the middle of the dia-
mond. Officer McGrath dashed to
the rescue on his trusty bicycle and
then marched away again, follow
ed by enough youngsters to make
the Big Parade" look like a solo
turn.
The park department has made a
wise move in setting back the play
ers' benches on the first and third
base lines. This gives the players
more room and clearer vision behind
home plate and the bases and also
should tend to keep the crowd back
further from the base lines.
AL Havlick's injury is more seri
Gus than at first thought. the mus
Cles being badly out of place. He
will be unable to play with the Pr
rates this Saturday.
One of the big events of the City
league season will be the double
header Saturday between the Bur-
ritts and the West Ends. The Bur-
,ritts must win both games to keep
in the lead, and winning both from
the West Ends is quite job.
Much discussion has gone the
rounds in sporting circles concern
ing the Rangers-All New Britain
battle for Memorial field in Willow
Brook park which finally ended with
the decision to give the Rangers