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New Britain herald., 1927-05-21

No use hiding from that Nutmeg State bait"
 We agree with you, Fred, Con- necticut worms have been the down. fall of good many Adirondack trout and we're hoping that the trio mentioned bring back their share of the knickerbocker beauties.
 E. W. writes Us in a clever new way to prevent fishing in brooks that are troutless. He says Seeing that trout lay eggs something simi- lar to chicken it would be to every- body's advantage if the fish could be trained to crow. Finding trout would then be only . matter of listening for the growing of the cock trout. used to have a setter dog that would point out trout as they lay in the pools. had that dog seven years and he never once pointed . sucker or | dace. If he wagsed his tail knew 1t was a brook trout-the faster he waEged 1t the bigger I knew it was. For . brown he would bark once-the louder the bigger"
 We herewith submit E. w.'s contribution as the first entry in the 1927 Fishing Story contest, with the opinion that he stands . very fair chance of copping the prize.
 If tho sun would decide to 20 to work again and these cold misty rains would let up little, we'd feel much moro benevolent towards the human race. As it Is we're going out this afternoon to a little brook that VIC haven't fished for nearly six years. Six years is a long. long time in the life Of the average brook trout and we don't exactly know whether there are any fish left in the place at all. It's . very little stream and we know you've passed 1t by . hundred times but if every body that passed that way passed it by. things should prove interesting this afternoon.
 Sec you next week.
 WALT.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-21
N BILLY EVANS

1. With two out, baserunner is hit by batted ball that retires the side, does batsman receive credit for a hit?
 2. What is construed as q wild pitch?
 3. Pitcher strikes out batter who reaches first base because of fail ure of catcher to hold third strike, is pitcher credited with strikeout?
 4. Fielder throws ball a trifle wide to first baseman but it arrives in plenty of time to retire batsman but first baseman fails to touch first base. How Is it scored?
 5. Runner deliberately knocks ball out of hands of fielder about to touch him, what is the proper decision?
 THIS TELLS TT
 i. Eastman always receives credit for a base hit on such a play, regardless of the status of the game at the time.
 2. It is a legally delivered ball. so high, low or wide of the plate. that the catcher is unable to stop it, and thereby permits a batsman to reach first or | runner to ad- vance.
 ,. Pitcher Is credited with strikeout, regardless of whether the bastman is retired.
 1. Under such conditions, charg- ing the first baseman with an er- TOT would be tho usual way of scoring the play.
 5. Umpire should immediately call such baserunner out.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-21
WASHINGTON TEAM
 T0PLAY SPARTANS
Hartford Club Has Strong Ag-
 gre8ation of Star Players

The All-kensington baseball team will meet the Spartan A. c. team of Hartford at the Percival avenue grounds tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock. The Hartford team has or ganized a strong combination this year that will make plenty of trou- ble for the South End team.
 Babe" Murray. last years catch ing star with the Corbin Red Sox, will do the backstopping for the Capital City team tomorrow. Ellhers or Russ Fisher will occupy the pitch ing box. The infield will be made up of "tSar" Kelly on. first. Magee on second, Dixon at short and Quinn at third. Quigley, Soule and Mur- ray will cover the outfeld.
 These players are all well known to followers of the diamond pastime. Babe and Tommy Murphy have ap- peared in this city on many oc- casions while Soule. Dixon. Fisher. Puigley, Kelly and Quinn have played with various teams in the last few seasons in and about Hart ford.
 Manager Dan Killarney of the Kensington team will use Matty Hayes>1n the catching berth tomor- row with Jack Scott or Charley Yale serving them up. Begley or Warren will be on first, Patrus on second, Jasper on short and George Fields on third. The outfleld will be chosen from among the following: Mccormick, Ziegler, Wendroski, Greco and Blesso.
 The Kensington team will be greatly strengthened by the return of Fields to the lineup. Last sea- son F'ilds played a scintillating game at third and was the star of the city series which the kensington team won hands down. He was for bidden to play baseball because of a weak heart-but a recent examination showed him to be almost perfect physically
 The bus service for patrons from New Britain will be furnished as usual tomorrow from Upson's corner to the ball park and a large crowd is expected to turn out.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-21
SWEDES WIN AGAIN
 AND MOVE TO FORE
Take Second of Season-Thor.
 ensOn Gets Homer
Church League Standing

The First Lutherans slipped out in front of the Inter Church base ball league last night by defeating the First Baptists, 6-3. in a hard fought game at Willow Brook park. The victory was tho second of the season for tho Swedes and gave them an imperceptible margin over four other teams which have won one start each. Bill Fresen pitched great ball last evening. baffling the Baptist hitters throughout and forc- ing them to hit pop flies and foul out. He received excellent support and was given good working mar gin after the opening innings. Frank keiffer. who worked for the Bap- lists. also pitched q good game, but after the first Inning his mates were helpless before Fresen and could make no runs for kim.
 After the Swedes counted in the first frame. the Baptists got after Fresen and made it look doubtful if he could last the game. They took . 3-1 lead. but the Lutherans made a trio of counters in the first half of the second and went back into the van to stay After that the game was . pitchers battle, with few men even reaching first base. Syborg starred behind the hat. The lineups and score by innings:
 First Baptist-Dennison c; Keif- fer, p: H. Bertini, ss: May, ab; N. Bertini. cb; Bassett. 1b: Jones, Of: Shea, If: Norton. If: Carroll. If.
 First Lutherans-Nelson. 3b; Ny borg. C: H. Ericson. If: Hoist. lb: Johnson. Of: Anderson. 2b; Foberg. 2b; Ahlgren, If; Bengtson, ss: Fres- en, D.
 lst Lutheran .. l3o 1lo o-6 s I lst Baptist .... 300 900 0-3 5 ,
 Thorstcnstn Gets Homer
 Jack Thorstenson, Stanley Me morial first baseman and leading slugger of the league, started his 1927 campaign by smashing out home run with the bases full in tho first inning, starting his team on the way to 16-3 victory over the Everyman's Bible class team. Thorstenson led the home run hit tcrs last year and got away to an excellent start last evening by this hit on his first trip to the plate. In the last inning he poled out a second one which Johnson dropped far out in center field, but, al though he circled the bases on 1t. it was not homer.
 "Bearcat" Nelson was pounded by the Stanmor bat ters, who scored in every inning except the second. After the first session the Bible Glass did not threaten. succumbing to Carl Ritt- ner's shoots and the fine fielding behind him. Hamlin featured with a great running catch in deep left. The line-ups and score by innings:
New Britain herald., 1927-05-21
GEHR|G IS LIKELY
 ID SUCCEED RUTH
"Buster' May Succeed Babe as
 Leading Hitter Of Yankees
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated PreN.
 Now York, May 2l.--If the New York Yankees are looking for $70,- 000-a-year slugger to keep on their payroll when Babe Ruth passes from the picture they need look no fur ther than first base.
 As a matter of fact Henry Louis Gehrig-the boys call him Buster" -seems in a fair way to replace Ruth as the clubs leading slugger this year, unless the Babe strikes swifter stride than he has shown 50 .ar. This is an odd turn for youth who gaped with mouth open at Ruth few years ago and looked on the Babe as an idol of idols.
 It takes only a glance at the fig ures for the past few days to re- veal how potent Gehrig's bat has be- come. Any day that the statistics show one player leading the league in batting. runs scored. hits and tied with one or more rivals in all three extra base specialties-as they did yesterday-is enough to settle most arguments.
 Gehrig. q left handler, not only hits 'em for any distance but pulls the wallops to left as we'll as right field. Last year. he had the un- orthodox habit of punching most of his drives between left and center ! but this year he is poking en out of the park or through the outneld In right as we'll as left field.
 Gchrigh is one of the New York's own diamond products and Colum- since Eddie Collins left Morningsile Heights. Like Ruth, Gehrig was good pitcher. but he didn't follow this speciality in the majors.
 He came to the Yankees fresh from college in 1923 but spent most of that season and the next with Hartford in the Eastern league be- fore coming Up in 1925 to replace the aging Wally Pipp at first base.
 Gehrig is chunkier than Ruth. His legs are more in proportion to his 200 pounds than the almost eylph like under rinning of the Bambino
 Buster" hasn't the speed of Ruth but he seems a more durable type. He wears neither coat nor vest in winter. Nearing his 24th birthday, he is nine years younger than the Babe. He may never be as colorful,
New Britain herald., 1927-05-21
FACES STRONG TEAM
New Britain High School Track
 Team Battles Commerce High of
 Springfield Today.

In meeting the Commerce high school of Springfield in track this afternoon, the New Britain high school track team will face g foe- who is holder of almost all the city championships among the Home City high schools for the past few years. The meet will be held in Willow Brook park this afternoon at 2 o'clock.
 The Springfield team has one big advantage in that it has all kinds of tracks and track experts within el- bow distance of 1t at all times in Springfield which Is the home of the country's leading track opponents.
 The events which will be run off this afternoon are the 100-yard dash. 2oo0-yard dash, 440-yard dash, ESQ., card run. one mile run, high jump. oad jump pole vault, javelin. shot :. t. discus and relay.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-21

cess of his comeback Big Bill' Til- den has convinced observers he is one of the most resourceful competi- tors of all time in any branch of competition.
 With the same sort of spirit that
 has fired Ty Cobb's great comeback
New Britain herald., 1927-05-21

picturesque a type as Ruth. but with youth, stamina and natural ability in his favor, Gehrig may slug his way to even greater all around batting heights than the battering Babe.
 Whether or not his opening over over Rene I4acoste forecasts the suc-
New Britain herald., 1927-05-21

in baseball, rlden has whipped htn. self into first class condition aal steadled his game just whom 1t seem. ed he was fast skidding downward.
 At 34 Big Bilr' not only has ct himself one of the most difficult ob. jectives any star ever picked out,
New Britain herald., 1927-05-21
MoHAWKs MIN AGAIN

, The Mohawks again defeated the Young Yankees yesterday, this time by the score Of 14 to IS. Both teams fought hard to win with the winners having the edge. Donnelly sent out a hit in the last inning with two men on that won the gamA
New Britain herald., 1927-05-21
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Games Yesterday Pittsburgh 8. New York ]. (11 innings). Chicago ', Brooklyn $. Cincinnati 6. Philadelphia !. First game. Philadelphia IS, Cincinnati ,. Second game.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-21

Exciting things are happening in Southinston as the annual snake hunt begins its season. The farm- CTS in that locality and. we guess, all over the state. make a practice of going out and getting black snakes which are domesticated and which keep tho farm clear of rodents.
 The granddaddy of them all in that district is q 12 foot black snake that dwells. according to all ac- counts, on Meriden mountain. Charley Deeble, the veteran sports man of southington. has year after year tried to capture this old boy and this year he will make his an- nual attempt to net him. Personally we are quite content to let the other boys go snake huntins-we never held any love for snakes in our manly bosom.
 Another tale from Number 1 reservoir comes from Bill Bachand of Plainville. Bachand saw an un- known New Britainite pull out a 32 inch pickerel closely followed by | 26 incher. Them's big pickerel, pard.
 Newt Baldwin Of Blue Hills has sent out an appeal to local fisher men to lay off his brook. It isn't that Newt Is stingy with his trout but he swears that to every trout that ever swam in the waters of that stream there have been at least . dozen fishermen. He further states that no trout have been caught in that brook since the opening of the season when every body and his brother motored out to the Blue Hills brook and lined up along the bank. Newt has count cd as many as six cars. each carry ing an average load of four pas- sengers along the road by the bridge at one time.
 Newt claims that the trout, if there happen to be any left, won't come out again until next November and that his dog is getting . sore throat from barking at the crowd on the brook. He is thinking of put ting in concrete walks along the bank next year with a few benches for tired nimrods.
 Mid-season reports from various brooks are not so good. Patten Brook hasn't given much yet this year anl probably won't until late June: Coppermine is just fair: Pumping Station brook in Berlin is reported as fished out: Blackberry river has slowed up considerably lately; Belcher brook Is silent; Cherry brook Is still giving a few fish: Cold Spring brook is fair; Crooked brook is pretty we'll fished out: Norton's brook is called N. G.: Roaring and Rock Hole brooks haven't been heard from in a long time and the Pennington river still maintains its old standard of look ing good and producing naught.
 Just received . card from Fred Monier telling us that "The New York state trout have started to hide on account of Brainard, Monier and Rose being up there after them,
New Britain herald., 1927-05-21

Games Tomorrow Springfield at Waterbury. Hartford at New Haven. Albany at Bridgeport. Pittsfleld at Providence.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-21
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE
Games Yesterday

Games Yesterday Jersey City 1c, Newark 10. (lst). Jersey City 1. Newark 0. (2nd). Syracuse $, Rochester !. Toronto 2, Buffalo 6. Baltimore 1e, Reading ..
New Britain herald., 1927-05-21
EASTERN LEAGUE

Games Yesterday Pittsfeld !. Waterbury 0. Springfield 5. Providence {. Albany 10. New Haven g.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-21
Tho Standing

Games Today Pittsburgh at New York. Chicago at Brooklyn. Cincinnati at Philadelphia St. Louis at Boston.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-21
Hook, Zine and Sinker

We've discovered . new game which beats almost anything we've played yet. All one has to do is gather ones fishing tackle together and journey to McMahon Pond in kensinston. Arriving there at about 1880 o'clock in the afternoon. one should fish in an endeavor to c&tch some of those lS inch trout that Harold Dykin is reported to be pull ing out of there. Then one gets tired of just standing there and one fishes down tho outlet brook to the barb ed wire fence and up the inlet brook until one gets tired of 1t. This procedure will net the average fisherman three feeble bites and one four inch trout which will be re- turned with gentle hands. The game now begins. at 5 o'clock.
 Gathering a few congenial souls who are tired of just standing on the bank the rules are explained as follows: Each contestant will put in the pot five cents in American cur rency. Each contestant will then lower his bait into the water near the ice house chute. The first man to hook, land and kill . Johnny Roach. sun-fish or pumpkin. seed (whatever 1t is that you cell them) wins the pot. It's . great game and tho only fishing we have yet found that Is paying proposition.
 We went last Saturday with Larry Edwardson to the above mentioned pond and we played Johnny Roach poker" We had Larry nearly broke when he caught a pickerel and the game dissolved into | pickerel fish ing party. Larry caught four pick erel, 32 Johnny Roa ches and one snapping turtle. Nothing like variety to enliven the afternoons sport. We got several thousand Johnny Reaches and reproachful look from . gentleman in back of us whom we nearly hooked while try ing some fancy fly casting into the wind.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-21

Tom Dolan, ! member of the To- cal police force, landed | nice trout Monday evening, sometime between { o'clock and dusk. He won't tell us where he went but the hsh measured 13 1-4 inches which is very nico indeed for this local lity.
 George Froeba and Al Schultz spent . weekend after white perch at Clinton Beach. This vas their second trip to the shore this spring and they got 75 perch between them.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-21
Speaking of Sports

Frankie Portell of Hartford ran into . snag in the state lightweight elimination tournament started last night in New Haven when hs lost to Tommy Jarrett of New Haven on a technical knockout in the second round.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-21
Games Tomorrow

Games Tomorrow New York at Cleveland. Philadelphia at Chicago. Boston at St. Louis. Washington at Detroit.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-21
Tho Standing

Games Today Reading at Jersey City. Newark at Baltimore. Syracuse at Toronto. Buffalo at Rochester.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-21
Games Tomorrow

Pittsburgh at New York. Chicago at Cincinnati.
 Philadelphia at Brooklyn.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-21

Sharkey's victory over Maloney was impressive if quick last night. A large crowd of fight fans turned out in front of the Herald" to listen to tho returns and they enjoyed the service. In order. not to keep the listeners waiting. the announcer gave the result of the fight before the detailed account was finished. This caused confusion and many went away thinking that the knock out came in the fourth instead of the fifth round.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-21
LEAGUE STANDING
AMERICAN LEAGUE
.amas- -YAat>nqa,

Cleveland 2, New York 1.
 Philadelphia IF. Chicago 5. Other clubs not scheduled.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-21
The Standing

Games Today Hartford at Bridgeport. 2. Waterbury at Pittsfield. Providence at Springfield. New Haven at Albany.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-21
The Standing

Games Today New York at Clevelapd. Philadelphia at Chicago. Boston at St. Louis. Washington at Detroit.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-21

Georgie Day of New Haven and Frankie Mack of Hartford fought 10 rounds to | draw on the same card. Sheik Leonard knocked out Johnny Saxon of Bridgeport in the eight and last round of their bout.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-21

Just received q card from Fred Monier telling us that "The New York state trout have started to hide on account of Brainard. Monier and Rose being up there after them.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-21

Sharkey will now be slated to meet Jack Dempsey for a chance at tEe heavyweight title held by Gene Tunney. Tunney watched Sharkey in action last night and there isn't any doubt whatever but that he must have been impressed.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-21

Portell and hts packers objected strenuously when Referee Henry Gerrity of Bridgeport stepped in and stopped the fight after Portell had been knocked down.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-21

The Boston Lithuanian showed much moro cleverness than his Irish opponent. Accounts of tho fight tell how Sharkey ragged" Maloney all through the fight and spat at him continuously.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-21

The sudden ending of the bout was one of the most surprising up- sets in some years in Connecticut boxing.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-21

There was certainly very bad feeling between the two but last nights fight certainly ended in de- cisive manner.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-21

Another tale from Number 1 reservoir comes from Bill Bachand of Plalnville. Bachand saw an un- known New Britainite pull out a 32 inch pickerel closely followed by . 26 tncher. Them's big pickerel, pard.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-21

Wt still have two letters on file here. one for the manager of the Orioles and the other for the man. ager of the Speedboys. If the men in question wish these missives. we would ask them to call at the sports desk in the Herald" and get them. We will hold them for about an- other week.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-01
DOUGLAS PLAYS
CANANEA GOLF
THERE TODAY

A delegation of ten men from the
Douglas Country club left Saturday
afternoon for Cananea to play against
Cananea at golf. The Douglas men
were invited to meet the recently or
ganized Cananea team at Cananea
during the past week. When the Doug
las team arrived they spent the after
noon going over the course in order to
get used to playing on that ground.
With the handicap of unfamiliar ter
ritory removed Douglas will have a
much better chance for a win.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-01
MUSIC WEEK TO
BE CELEBRATED
BY MANY HERE

! Music week, May 1 to 7, will be
, observed in Douglas with various
Programs, recitals, ETC.. Mrs. M. J..
Andersen, chairman of the Music
week committee, announced yester-
; day. Other members of the COM
ittee are Mrs. John r. Newcomer
and Mrs. e. c. Piper
Monday will start off with the
Womans club holding a luncheon at
the Grand tea room, following which
Will be music memory contest.
Tuesday evening the high school
Glee clubs will put on a program
Ct vocal solos and ensemble num-,
bers at the Grand Also the Juvenile
| Music club is giving it's closing pro-
gram OF the season at the Parish
house
Wednesday evening the glee club
Of the University of Arizona Will
appear at the Grand in the 1927
Follas
Thursday evening Miss Ida Hick-
llan Will present her piano students
ill recital at the Anderson music
studio.
Friday evening under the direction
OF the Douglas Music club an opera
program will be presented at the
Iarish ncuse
Mrs Geo. Motz closes the week
with n music program by her Bee
thoven club.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-01
MORRIS RESIGNS.
POSITION WITH.
PHELPS DODGE

The following announcement was
made yesterday from the office of
L. G.. Beckett, general manager.
Phelps Dodge corporation.
Mr.. A. M. Morris has resigned
as superintendent of Bunker Hill
Mines company to take effect May
1c, and Mr.. f. H. Soderstrom has
been appointed in his place.
P. G.. BECKETT,
April 80, 1927. General Manager.
Morris has been ir charge of the
Bunker Hill properties for the past
four years, coming to Tombstone
from New York where he was secre-
tary to Walter Douglas. president
of the corporation. lie has previous
ly spent several years in Arizona
as secretary to Douglas, during his
residence in the west ard afterwards
as secretary to S. w. French, then
general manager of the Copper
Queen. His administration of Bunker
Hill affairs has been very success
fui, though the constantly falling
price of silver has kept that Phelps
Lodge property struggling to main
tain operation.
He mas been very prominent in
civic affairs in the county seat city,
serving as president of the Tomb
stone Luncheon club, a director iii
Community club and Tombstone
Commercial club, the Cochise county
council of the boy scouts, and in
every other movement for the beL-
terment of his home town. His
activities along this line coupled
with his personality and business
activities have brought to him
large circle of friends all over
southeastern Arizona.
Francis H. Soderstrom, who sue.
ceeds Morris, came. to Phelps Dodge
in 1915, when he joined the engl-
recring staff CT the Old Dominion
ut Globe. He spent some time in
the army during the World war,
serving as a lieutenant in the engi,
neers, and uporf his return to civil
life again joined the Old Dominion
organization. From Globe he went
to Dawson, n. NJ, with the Sta1
canyon branch of Phelps Dodge. In
August 1928, he transferred to tho
Copper Queen branch, joining the
engineering staff on Sacramento Hill
and later the underground engineer
ing staff
Morris stated yesterday that lie
was leaving for New York soon
after the middle of the month"; where
he has formed other connections.