New Britain herald., 1928-08-23
5 p e a kin 8
Of Sports

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The Stanley Works baseball team
has a post-season game with the
I!umbull Electric nine of PlainyilIe
These teams won the Industrial lea
cues OF their respective places and
VIII meet in an exhibition contest in
Plainville a week from tonight.
fialpHllle has a new public park,
ana the proceeds of the game will
20 towards improving it. AS the park
VIII eventually have at least one
baseball diamond. it seems fitting
that portion of the money should
De raised by the athletes who NAV
benefit by it.
Followers of the major league
races are pointing to the struggles
between the ianks and Athletics and
between the Cardinals and Giants,
Inc American league pair have been
Staging a pretty race, while those in
the National are even closer-so
n
eerous teams are being overlooked,
The National league chase is in
ouch tangle today that only five
games separate the league-leading
GIANTS from the fifth place Pitts
Durgh Pirates. While everyone has
been watching the two leaders. the
Cubs and Reds have been gaining
ground and the Pirates have been
numbering up from far in the rear
until now they are as close to the
7 Giants as the Athletics are to the
1anks. And with Paul Waner start
Ing on another batting rampaee
ably seconded by Adams and the
newcomer, Brickell. they arc a team
to be feared.
When the Meriden police defeated
the New Britain coppers yesterday
afternoon down in the Silver CITY it
set a record, as it was the first time
IN ten years that either team had
beaten the other twice. There was
long period during which each
team won on its own grounds, then
one during which each COPIED on its
foes diamond This year Merjden
came through in both games.
when the teams PLAYED here the
local police department presented
the players of both teams with gold
taseba!Is destined for use as watch
chdrms. Last night, after d banquet,
the Meriden department presented
supplementary gifts in the form of
watch charms on which to place the
charms. Police Chief William d.
Thayer made the presentation.
The Eastern league is having Pc
culiar year. There are really only
seven teams in the league, as the
waterbury, team, playing all its
games on the road. is being battered
around so constantly that six of the
eight teams are above the 500 mark
and the seventh has almost broken
even. The players on the orphaned
team can have little interest in who
is to wallop them next. so about all
that keeps Them going Is their sal
aries.
New Britain has seldom been
treated TO such fast amateur BAH as
this season-at least. in such guam
titles. The Industrial and City lea
CUES have produced a better brand
Of bail than ever before. with close
ames decided by one run or pos
ihfy two or three predominatine
over the one-sided slaughters which
used to be all too common.
The fans are reacting to this i'm
provemeEt by turning out in large
and enthusiastic numbers. but they
are not so liberal with their mono,
as with their cheers An estimate
recently made Of collections at City
league games was that the league |
had taken in one cent for each per |
eon present during the season.
But not all the rooters are like |
that. We know of one ardent fam
10 woman. too-who attends the In |
dustrial league games with unbroken
regularity and who drops rs cents in
the hat every night. She says that |
she would have to pay that much to |
see a performance at local iheater. |
and she would much rather witness
the game.
4 leagues idea of Utopia
|erandstand full of such spectators
every night!
1t takes a man three months to
|eat an amount of food equal to his
own weight.