New Britain herald., 1928-08-06
Speaking
of Sports

Wojack is undoubtedly being
soundly criticized for his error Sat
urday afternoon, when he stood Is
feet from third and threw almost
that many feet over Sheehan's head
But those who have followed the
West Ends closely are INCLINED to ex-
cuse him, feeling that he probably
grabbed the ball on one of the slip
perry spots caused by Blanchard's
spithall and that it flew from his
grasp as he tried to toss it. The
ball certainly described a weird
course-and Blanchard's splitter has
caused similar slips before.
As for SmithWick's lapse of men,
ory-well, even the best must be ex-
Dected to slip once in while. and
Johnny does it less frequently than
most. He is q smart catcher. is adept
at holding poor pitches and has the
fewest bases stolen on him of any
pitcher in the City league.
Whether or not the West Ends
win the championship. they must
receive one title-that of the best
sports in the league. There is not
the semblance of Grab" on the
team, and not a single umpire's de-
cision has been protested or even
growled about by West End since
the season opened.
Taking over some phrases from
- boxing, the Pirates may be said to
have scored a technical knockout
over the Tabs when the umpires
stopped the game in the sixth STAN
"a to save the Tabs from further
h punishment.
The game was a snap win for
the Pirates, but Manager Hook"
Anasastio of the Rangers pulled 4
fast one by saying that his team
beat the Tabs easier. Which was
right, as the Tabs failed to show up
and forfeited the game to the
Rangers.
Ken Saunders, Pirate manager,
found something new to worry about
and spent a customary uneasy aft
ernoon. He feared rain would stop
the game before the fifth inning, and
umpires as well az players of both
teams came in for criticism from
him whenever he thought the game
was not being speeded up to the ut
most.
Eddie McAloon, Pirate center
fielder, was on the bench Saturday
with bad foot which he had cut
during the week.
A lad named Egan was in right
field for the Tabs and took a severe
riding" from McAloon. Egan let
all balls hit the ground before he
went for them, and at bat he was
of such a caliber that the Tabs just
skipped him in their last time at
bat. By then they were so far be-
hind that nobody cared who batted.
SO the Pirates said nothing.
"Spcck" Howard scored from first
on single in this game-or, rather,
Kane stopped at first on what was
at least double. Zapatka was In
too close and had to chase kane's
fly. Howard got all the way around.
but Kane played more than safe.
Milo Argosy had rare piece of
good fortune Saturday. Seldom does
man have second chance after
one failure, but Milo did. In the
seventh inning he went after high |
pitch and grounded out ending tho
frame and killing a Ranger rally
which was threatening the Cardinals
lead. and it looked as If, despite, two |
previous hits. he was to be the |
goat" of the contest.
But fate smiled upon Milo and |
brought him to bat again in the |
ninth inning with his team still a
run behind and one man OH base. |
This time Milo rose to the occasion
by smacking the ball over the high
screen in center field-the first time
any City league player had accom-
plished this feat--and won the game
So he is not a goat but a genuine
hero.
The Torrington club of the Con-
nccticut State league has Withdrawn
from the circuit, according to latest
advices from headquarters in Meri-
den. In the Pin City teams place
is the Windsor Locks aggregation.
The action of the Torrington man.
league heads because some time ago
rumors were rife that because Of
poor support. the Torrington team
would be out of the picture. The
league will finish out its schedule
with the Windsor Locks aggregation
taking the place of the Torrington
entry. |,
Fans who attended the Falcon
New Haven game at st. Mary's field
came away Gsgruntled because the :
visitors put up sorry showing :
against the local club. They claim |
that the promise of Manager John ,
Cabay of the Falcon club to have {
the best opposition available come
here to play. has been forgotten. Il
In justice to the Falcon manager.
Il must be said that the team which I
appeared here yesterday, was strong ,
" recommended and Manager Cabay |
was under the impression that 1t {
would form worthy opposition for !