New Britain herald., 1928-08-11

land, O.. on September IA, 1927. In
\ 1b-round bout. Risko received the
decision.
The sensation of the entire In
dustrial Baseball league season took
place last night at Walnut Hill park
when Umpire Mike Lynch forfeited
the game between Stanley Works
and Landers to the Stanley Works
on the grounds that the Landers
players We're delaying the game.
Rule 20, section four, under for
feited games, states that the UNI
pire shall forfeit the game to the
club not at fault 'it team employs
tactics palpably designed to delay
the game"
This decision appears to be SUI
preme. II is expected that the Lam
ders management might protest thu
decision but there is hardly a
chance that the protest will be al
lowed Spectators at the game las.
night We're fully aware OF the fact
that The Landers players were try
ing to stall long enough to have
rain interrupt the contest before
five innings should have been play
ed Umpire Lynch issued one warn
ing and after the second offense H.
promptly declared the game for
feited
Stanley Works was trying 10
hustle the contest along so that
five innings could be played before
the deluge broke.
The plan-tlowers fight in
Hartford last night was postponed
until next Wednesday night because
of rain. Up to I o'clock las, night.
Hartford had not been visited by
enough rain to spoil the show but
the imminent thunder shower
which Visited this section later on
PROMPTED the promoters to call off
hostilities until next week
For weeks and weeks Manager
Cahay of the Falcons has had a
challenge lung at him from the
Ranger A. c. baseball team. At first
Manager Cabay was inclined to
laugh at the claims OF the Rangers
that they We're in the class with the
Falcons.
In fact he turned down Manager
Hooks Anastasio fatty for several
weeks when he sought game.
Then the Ranger manager passed
he word around that the Falcons
we're picking soft teams to play and
we're ducking his crew because they
were afraid of a beating that might
be coming to them
This has the members of the Fall
con club and the officials of the
team up in arms and ii appears
likely now that the two teams will
come together. The work OF the
Rangers against opposing teams
this year has qualified them for
chance at the Falcons.
'
ago when the Pioneers were in full
bloom
Frank McConn's Annex team had
been playing on the road all season
and had been cleaning up all oppo-
sition. He challenged the Pioneers
to series of games but was fatty
turned down. He again came back
at Jim Luby until finally Luby cap
itulated and agreed to a series of
two out of three.
The Pioneers took the first but the
Annex took the second. Both games
were terrific battles. Then in the
third game. Luby brought In a
pitcher and the Pioneers took the
game but only after hard fight.
The Rangers are supremacy con.
fident that they can defeat the Fall
cons. The Falcons don't think the
Rangers are in their class. As We
understand 1t. the two teams will
probably meet week from tomor-
row or two weeks from tomorrow.
The Falcons are due to be deluged |
with challenges. The Pirates. Char
lie Miller's aggregation. plans to
challenge the team and the Burritts
have been hot after the Falcon crew |
all along. Truly. the prestige of the |
Falcons as the leading team of the
city. stands in peril. No one knows
whether any one Of these agsrega
tions Is able to defeat the Falcon |
team and it is liable 70 happen.
Whether all these games will be
arranged or not remains to be seen.
,ut we figure that Manager Cabay
hould give them all shot il he
ANTS to be sure that his team is the
hiding team in the city.
Tan COlInrTITOnO