New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-08-17
FALCONS AND RED SOX TO
CLASH in FIRST BATTLE
Local Teams to Play Initial Game In City Title Series
At st. Mary's Field Sunday Afternoon - Both
Squads Ready For Fierce Diamond Battle-Ptch-
ing Stats Are the Best Available Managers Pre-
dieting Victories-Much Interest

The first blood in the battle for
the semi-pro baseball championship
of the city Of New Britain, will be
drawn next Sunday afternoon when
the Falcons and the Corbin Red
Sox baseball teams meet in the
first game Of a five-game series.
The contest will be started prompt
ly at o'clock.
This will be the first time in
two years that these two teams have
met in a series. Last year the Fall
cons refused to entertain the idea
of meeting the Red Sox on an equal
basis because Of the fact that the
Red SoX did not have a home field
This season. the Red Sox have been
playing at Willow Brook park and
there was no difficulty in arranging
the series.
The Falcons have been winning
consistently all year long. The only
teams that have been able to down
them have been the Riverviews of
Norwich and the Bristol New De-
partures. The Corbin Red Sox have
had their rough times this season
but recently the team has been set
ting a hot pace and has been clean
ing up all opposition in its path.
The series will not only be bat
tie between two teams that are bit
ter diamond rivals. but it will also
be a clash between two lively man
ayers, John Tobin of the Red Sox
and John Cabay of the Falcons.
Both have boosted openly that there
will be nothing to it when the
teams clash.
Both outfits are fortified with an
excellent pitching staff. The Falcons
have Bucholtz, the farmer from
New Haven who proved to be
nemesis for the Red Sox last year
when the locals played Kensington.
They have Bergeron who has been
doing some sweet work for the
Hardware City crew in recent games
and in reserve there will be Russ
Fischer of Hartford.
Johnny Tobin has a. trio of hurl-
ers tAat would grace any club in
the semi-pro ranks Of the state.
Leading them all is Walter Berg,
husky right handler who is in per-
feet form and will be at his best
for the series. "Porky" Flynn,
elongated right handed is another of
the teams mainstays who will prob
ably draw an assignment in one of
the games. Then there is Lefty"
auckland who is a thorn in the side
at all times for teams opposing him.
That there will be a sweet battle
when the two clash this coming
Saturday is made more certain by
the fact that most of the players
on the Red Sox team were pretty
we'll peeved at the action of the Fall
con club last year. They will be out,
not only to win but to get revenge
for the treatment accorded them.
The Falcons on the other hand,
consider the Red Sox soft pick
ing" Manager Cabay points out that
Rucholz needs only to wave his
glove at the Soy batters and they
will be all done. Then he feels con-
fident that Bergeron will easily dis
pose of the red-hosed stickers in
proper order.
The fecli"c between the two clubs
is intense Il this has been passed
on to the followers of the team. The
hackers OF the Falcons will place
their shirts on the outcome of Sun
days game and they are going deep
to say that the team will win the
series. Since arrangements for the
series have been completed by the
managers, he entire city is buzzing
with the possibilities of both clubs
in the games.
Herbie Sautter and Eddie Crowley
will alternate in the umpiring posi-
tons during the games. The Falcons
will be the home club this Sum-