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New Britain herald., 1930-08-02

One of the most unusual baseball attractions on record in the country is due to appear tomorrow after noon at the Percival avenue grounds in kensington when the Chicago Girls Baseball team takes the field against the All-Kensington combina- tion. The visiting team is composed have seen them play were struck with the ability of the team to handle baseball as good as any or dinary mems team. .. The game will be a hard ball game, not a soft ball contest. This is an unusual situation because the good girls teams about the country are as scarce as hens teeth and this team is rated as a good one.
 The team has travelled all over the country and has met semi-pro teams in every section. The crew has averaged wins in 70 per cent of the games played and Kensington will be extended to the limit to win.
 Kensington will use it's regular lineup in the game. Pechuk or Adams will pitch with Noonan be- hind the bat. The team will have to step on it to keep it's unbeaten rec ord intact.
 The contest will be started at 8 o'clock sharp. Because of the large crowd expected at the contest bus service has been arranged to and from the ball field.
 Sacred Hearts-Avon
 The Sacred Heart team will at tempt to avenge New Britain on the Avon town team which has already defeated the Burritts in two games. The game will be played tomorrow afternoon at the Washington park diamond It is scheduled to start promptly at o'clock.
 PaWnees vS. Blues
 The Pawnees A. C. baseball team will meet the Blues at Willow Brook park tomorro Wafternoon. Both teams met about five weeks ago and the Pawnees won by a wide margin. The Blues have strengthened their team since that time. The contest will be staged on Diamond No. 1 at 2;3o o'clock.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-02
KLEIN FINALLY
 Y LEADS EATERS
Takes Firm Hold On First Place
 in National League

New York, Aug. ? (P)-After a gallant uphill climb, Chuck Klein of the Phillies finally has taken a fairly firm hold on the object of his strug- gles, the batting leadership of the National league. Klein, leader | week ago by hardly visible margin, has kept on climbing and in the averages released today, which in- clude Wednesdays games, has a margin of five points over his team mate and rival Frank O'Doul. klein's average is .40S, O'Doul's .403.
 The Philadelphia youngster all ready had more batting honors than most players could reasonably ask He has held first place in scoring, hits and runs batted in and to this he has added a tie for the lead in hitting doubles. Klein has scored 103 runs. has hit safely 161 times and has batted in no tallies. His total of 33 two baggers gives him a tie for the lead with O'Doul and Johnny Frederick of Brooklyn.
 Adam Comorosky of Pittsburgh leads in triples with 14; Hack Wilson of Chicago in home runs with 33 and Kiki 0uyler of Chicago in stolen bases with 27, completing the some what scanty list of slugging leaders who have been able to outdistance Klein. The Philadelphian also fig ures in the second place roster with % home runs. Others on this list are Cuyler, Wilson and Babe Her man, Brooklyn. with 99 runs; Bill Terry, New York, 156 hits; Cuyler, 12 triples: Wilson, 101 runs batted in: and Herman, 15 stolen bases.
 Terry is third on the list of lead CTS in batting with an average of .394. Other regulars in this select group are Herman, Brooklyn, .390; Stephenson, Chicaog, .389; Heil- mann, Cincinnati, .366; P. Waner, Pittsburgh. .35o; Ott. New York, .356; Cuyler, Chicago, 1855 and Grantham, Pittsburgh, 1855.
 The club batting leadership re- mains in the hands of the Phillies with an average of .3o6, nine points better than that of New York. Cin- cinnati still leads in fielding with a .977 mark.
 Bob Osborn of Chicago has met with his second defeat of the sea- son but he still heads the leagues list of hurlers with a ITS average, having won seven games to two lost. Ray Phelps of Brooklyn is second with nine victories and three defeats for a-.750 mark while Tom Zachary of Boston and Joe Heving of New York have attained the same aver age by winning six games and losing two.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-02
GEHR|G GOES INTO LEAD IN BATTING
Yankee First BaSeman Is Seven
 Points Ahead Of Simmons

Chicago. Aug. P-Lou Gehrig, the New York Yankees first base man, has broken Al Simmons lease on the individual batting leadership of the American league. unofficial averages which include Wednesdays games, revealed today.
 Maintaining his average of .5S7 during the 18th week of the cam paign, while the pitchers were knocking ten points off the Athletic outfielder's mark, Gehrig topped the list by seven points. Simmons, with his average of .3SQ, was only four points in front of his team mate, Mickey Cochrane. who had .376,
 The Yankee firm of Ruth and Gehrig between them held four other leaderships. Besides leading the league in slugging, Gehrig last week batted in Is runs to retain the leadership with 125, and his ac- emulation of 291 total bases also was easily the best. Ruth added only one home run. but his total of 36 was the honor mark, with Geh-
 
 the scorers with 114 runs.
 Gehrig also threatened to dis place Johnny Hodapp ot Cleveianu III hits. The Indian second baseman hit safely 10 times during the week for a season total of 147, but was only one ahead of Gehrig who con- nected 12 times. Marty McManus of Detroit, held on to the base stealing and two base hit titles for another week. He swiped one sack to bring his total to 16, and although he fail cd to get another double, his total of 32 was still good enough. Carl Reynolds, young Chicago outfielder, tie with Earl Coombs of the Yankees and led with l 5.
 Following Gehrig. Simmons and Cochrane. the leading batsmen were: Dickey, New York, STA; E. Rice, Washington. .361; Averill, Cleveland, .360; Hodapp, Cleveland, .359, Ruth, New York, .35S; Manush, St. Louis- Washington, .357; Porter, Cleveland .356.
 Edwin Wells. Yankee southN"W. still was the nominal leader of the pitchers, with eight viCtorles anu t,, U defeats, representing no change over last week. but Bob Grove. the Ath- letics' freballer, headed the hurlers taking regular turns. Grove won two games during the week and had IS victories and four defeats, while Fred Marberry of Washington, gain ed credit for one triumph and had 12 victories and four setbacks. Grove was busted from the strikeout lead ership by George Earnshaw his teammate. who famed II men in two games to bring his collection to le6, one better than Groves mark.
 The Yankees lost three points from their team batting average. but were still at the top of the heap with .313. Cleveland remained the same at .307 to retain second place. while Washington added a point to hold third place at .301. Philadel- phia fielded at the same gait as last week, .974 and held the lead, with | Washington still second at .a72. Cleveland clicked of 10 double plays to make it 112 for the season and widened its margin over Detroit, | which had 106.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-02

New York Giants opened four game series against the league-lead- ing Brooklyn Robins at Ebbets field and the outcome promised to hoist John McGraw's club into the thick of the National league race or sound the knell over the pennant hopes of the Giants
 Farther back than the Giants but close enough to be dangerous the New York Yankees opposed the rec- ond- place Washington Senators in q double -header at Yankee Stadium. Nine games behind the pace setting Philadelphia Athletics, the Yankees immediate drive is for second place. which they can capture by a double victory today over the slipping Sen ators.
 The positions of the three leaders in the two pennant races follow:
 National League
New Britain herald., 1930-08-02

father famous in southern tennis and reared with a racquet in his hand, Bryan Grant. Jr., dinlinutive Atlantan who recently won the na- tional clay courts tennis champion ship at Kansas City, is giving Geor- gians something else to talk about besides Bobby Jones.
 When "Bitsy," as the 12O pounder is known in Dixie. reached the finals in Kaw town, he was the first south easterner to get that far in years. most of the southern tennis having sprouted in Texas, home state of Winner Allison, Berkeley Bell and Bruce Barnes.
 Grant only 20, but southern sin gles champ four straight years, was the sensation of the Kansas City event, bowling over high ranking players day after day to reach the finals and gain the title after down. ing Wilbur F. Junior" Coen, Kan sas City ace.
 Emmett Pare, defending cham pion; Fritz Mercur. seeded number one, and Barnes were prominent performers to fall before his potent strokes.
 Bryan comes from a tennis fsmi- ly. His six-foot father, B. M. Grant, paired with Nat Thornton to win the southern doubles crown several years while his brother, Berry, explained the Georgia Tech squad in 1927. The elder Grant, a tennis devotee and no mean player even now. built a clay court in the yard adjoining his home and had his sons playing as soon as they were large enough to hold a racquet.
 He won his first tournament, a city boys championship, when he was 10 years old and shortly after wards his father took him to Bos- ton to take part in a meet. Bill Tilden. one of the spectators, saw possibilities in the Atlanta young ster.
 Leave him alone. He has natural form and will readily master his strokes" Tilden advised when asked regarding training for the boy. Bryan, barely over five feet tall, is streak at covering the court.
 His success, dating back 10 the time he won his first sectional title as an unheralded knee pants kid of IT, can be attributed to his accurate placements. his remarkabel speed and his ability to get returns. no matter where they land.
 He plays a. base line game pri- marily. but is gradually improving in his net attack.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-02

tect the Giant players from any thrown missiles.
 Five important games face the Yankees in the next four days, double headers against Washington today and Tuesday. and a single game against the Athletics here Sum- day. A clean sweep would buoy the Tanks hopes for overriding the Athletics during the stretch drive.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-02
YESTERDAYS STARS
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
 Ruth, Yankees - Hit double and 27th and 3Sth homers against Red SoX.
 Hallahan, Cardinals - Held Reds to four hits, beat them, l01.
 Whitehill, Tigers - Won seventh straight game, beating White Sox on eight-hit pitching performance.
 Lindstrom, Giants Collected two homers, double and single, drove in six runs against Braves.
 Herman, Robins - Drove in five runs against Phills. with 24th homer and single.
 Hartnett, Cubs - Raped Pirate pitching for homer and two doubles.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-02
Speaking g
 of Sports

A question was submitted to us today regarding whether run counts or not on double play. The situation is explained as follows: The bases are loaded with one out. Batter hits ball to-the third base man. Third baseman fields it, touches runner coming in from sec , ond and throws to first to complete a double play. Runner from third scored before second out is made.
 The answer to this question is that the run did not count because there can be no run scored on a successive double play of this kind. The play in question happened in a baseball game in ,Plainville. This is com mon play in baseball and is often pulled in league baseball, getting two men to prevent run being scored.
 Returns are very slow in coming in from the city tennis tournament which is being played at the present time. Reports have been received from three matches in the mems singles and one in the women's singles.
 Kurnicki defeated Flood the other day. Lynn defeated Berkowitz 6-4, 64 and Kurt Klopp and Harry Schupack played three hours with out reaching a decision. 'Schupack took the first match and klopp took the second. Neither could win the third.
 Reports of the five matches must be in by Monday morning at . o'clock. The second round matches can be played at any time between now and next Wednesday. -- Once again we have been asked to notify the the players in the tournament that they can play at any time they agree upon and any where in the city or the country. We expressed very plainly several times that, for the convenience of the tournament players that four of the courts in the city parks had been reserved by the committee be- tween the hours of and o'clock. However. the matches can be played 7 off at any time that the players see fit.
 If two contestants want to play their match off at dawn or by moon light that is no concern of the committee as long as the matches . are played off on time. They can be played on the park courts. on private courts or anywhere else as long as the two players are agree able. However, reservations for the courts selected by the committee can ' be made by telephoning 2211 or vis- iting Room 207 at City Hall
 The boys along the stem are all het up over the appearance of the Chicago girls team in Kensington tomorrow afternoon. The unusual spectacle of a girls team. with no men playing on it, has never before been seen here and Kensington should have a big crowd on hand when the game is called at o'clock. Bus service will be furnished from the center of New Britain to the dia- mond on Percival avenue in Ken Sington.
 This attraction shades all others tomorrow but the Sacred Hearts have a good tussle scheduled with Avon at the Washington rark grounds.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-02
ME7H0D|STS LOSE
 ID SOUTH CHURCH
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ns on Diamond No 2, and the Me mortal Baptists playing the St. Marks on the first diamond.
 The league schedule will be con- cluded on Friday night. The South Church will engage the Memorial Baptists. the St. Marks will face the First Lutherans, and the St. John's Lutherans will play the First Baptists.
 This will leave one postponed con- ttst-between the South and St. Marks teams-to be played off probably the following Monday.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-02
American League

The Giants have been travelling at a fast clip recently, winning 10 out of their last f2 games, and acting generally as if they have settled down at last to make a determined bid for the pennant.
 Sensational play by the Giants in- field, even with Capt. Travis Jack son out of the lineup with injuries, has featured their recent drive. Ed die Marshall has been filling in ca pably at shortstop in Jackson's place and Terry. Critz and Lindstrom have been playing at the peak of their form.
 Brooklyn faced the crucial series with a long list of cripples. Three members of the pitching staff have ailments Dazzy Vance complains Of a sore elbow. Babe Phelps has a sore shoulder. Jumbo Elliott has an ab- cess on his chest. Capt. Glenn Wright is playing shortstop with a sore ankle and Del Bissonette at first base is playing with injuries
 The rival pitchers for the opening game today, barring a last-minute switch, were announced as Bill Walker for New York and Hollis (Magician) Thurston for Brooklyn. Thurston hasn't been scored on in 21 inning, and has won two games in succession by shutouts.
 More fireworks than developed in the recent Brooklyn Chicago series promised to crop out in this battle for blood series. Brooklyn fans en- unused over the Robins pennant chances have been wild and un- ruly throughout the season. throw ing firecrackers and pop-bottles on the field on the least provocation. Additional police were ordered out to keep peace and order and pro-
New Britain herald., 1930-08-02
NEW YORK TEAMS
 HIT CROSSROADS
Giants and Yankees Both Open
 Important Series Today

New York, Aug. ? CUP)-Riding the crest Of 5-game winning streaks, New York's two-third place major league ball clubs arrived simultan- eously at the crossroads of the two pennant races.
 Five games out of first place the
New Britain herald., 1930-08-02
BANNED BY RTJrE LAWS

The Athletics, the Phllies and the Pirates are the. only major league baseball clubs restrained from play ing home games on Sunday. This is due to Pennsylvania blue laws pass ed many years ago.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-02
STILL PLAYS THE GAME

Rube Marquard. former major league hurling star, is now serving his 23rd season on the mound. He is manager of the Jacksonville club of the Southeastern league.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-02
VETERAN BASEBALL MANAGER

Bill Clymer. until recently man. ager of the Buffalo club in the h. ternational league. has managed Class IA. teams for nearly 30 years. Over period of 10 years in his career she won eight championships.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-02

A-Batted TOT EIIlott m Ith.
 Hx-Batted for Thevenow in 9th.
 xxx-Batted for Willoughby in 9th. Brooklyn 900 015 S00-9 Philadelphia 002 010 100-4 Two base hits! Bresser, McCurdy, Klein. Gilbert. Home runs Southern, Herman. Struck out: By Luque s. Bases on balls; of Smythe 1, Luque l, Elliott ].
New Britain herald., 1930-08-02
COACH AWARDED LETTER

University of Washington's athletic board awarded to Bill Jefferson, coach of the schools golf team, the regular college sports letter in ap- preciation of his work there.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-02
GRAND CIRCUIT NOTES

The Orange County Circuit follow CTS pitch their tents at the Historic Track, Goshen, N, Y, next week, the three day meeting there opening on Tuesday. Purses of s2,000 or 5000 are hung up in pratically all Of the el ents.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-02
FROM BATS TO CUES

More than 30 years ago the bat boy for Connie Mack's baseball team in Milwaukee was Charlie Peterson, the present day billiard expert.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-02
Games Tomorrow

Philadelphia at Boston. New York at Brooklyn. St. Louis at Cincinnati. Pittsburgh at Chicago.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-02
Standing

Games Today Allentown at Springfield. Bridgeport at Albany.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-02
BERLENBACH IS COACH

Paul Berlenbach, the former great light heavyweight battler, is coach ing boxers ROW at the St. Nicholas gymnasium in New York city.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-02

Games Today Washington at New York CD. Boston at Philadelphia. Cleveland at St. Louis. Chicago at Detroit. <
New Britain herald., 1930-08-02

The fact that there will be over 1,10o official race meetings at which over s3,000.00O will be raced for this year, should be sufficient proof that the harness horses are still popular with the American public.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-02
Baseball Standing
AMERICAN LEAGUE

Games Yesterday New York 4,\Boston l. Detroit 12. Chicago 1. Cleveland 6, St. Louis 8. Other clubs not scheduled.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-02
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Games Yesterday New York 10, Boston 4. Brooklyn 2, Philadelphia 4. St. Louis 10, Cincinnati l. Chicago 10, Pittsburgh '.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-02
Games Tonlor

Games Tomorrow Philadelphia at New York. Boston at Washington. Cleveland at St. Louis. Chicago at Detroit.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-02
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE

Games Yesterday Jersey City 15, Reading s. Baltimore 3, Newark 2. Montreal 12, Buffalo s. Rochester II, Toronto 6.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-02
Standing
Games Today

Baltimore at Jersey City. Reading at Newark. Rochester at Toronto CD. Buffalo at Montreal.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-02
Games Today

Games Today New York at Brooklyn, Philadelphia at Boston CD. St. Louis at Cincinnati. Pittsburgh at Chicago.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-02
EASTERN LEAGUE

Games Yesterday Allentown 4, Springfield 0. Albany 4, Bridgeport 8.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-02
CHICAGO GIRLS BASEBALL - ' TEAM TO PLAY KENSINGTON

Unusual Diamond Attraction to Appear Tomorrow
 Afternoon at Perciva Avenue Grounds - Visiting Crew Has Met and Defeated Some of Best Semi Pro Combines in Country-Home Club to Have Its
 Regular Lineup-Sacred Hearts and Avon to Clash
New Britain herald., 1930-08-02

Hanover's Bertha. ?, POP, Holly rood Patsy, 3. 2:06, Guy Day, 2, 2:O7 and Voltaire, 2. 2:13 1-4 four or the stars eligible to the s70,oo0 Hambletonian stake, are now quar- tered at Goshen, N. r, where the richest of all events for harness horses will be decided on August e7. Ben White is training Main McElwyn. ?, 2:02a second choice for the Hambletonian, at Syracuse, N Y
New Britain herald., 1930-08-02

Mansfield will entertain the Ohio Short Ship Circuiters next week, the meeting at the northern Ohio city opening on Monday August 4. Purses amounting to s19,5O0 will be raced for during the week.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-02

Hartford will be the next stop in the Grand Circuit, the meeting there being scheduled for the week Of August IS. The meeting at famous old Charter Oak park gives promise of being one of the best of the year or the Big Ring
New Britain herald., 1930-08-02

The dopesters figure that Han overs Bertha. 2, 2:02 will trot in two minutes if forced to the limit in the Hambletonian Stake. which is to be decided at Goshen, N. Y, on August 27. Main McElwyn 2, 2:02%, re- garded as the dangerous one in the field against the Hanover Shoe Farm lilly, trotted a half in 5S1z seconds at North Randall. The boys think that any trotter with that sort Of speed is dangerous. voltaire. 2. 2:13 1-4. Guy Day. 2. 2;07. Calumet Annette and Hollywood Patsy. 3. 2;06 must not be entirely overlooked in the big race.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-02
YANKEESLO0kL| LIKE
 i THE REAL THREAT

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New Britain herald., 1930-08-02

Bronx 2:04ia bested the free-for- all trotters at Eln1ira, N. Y, last Tuesday, after the Arden Homestead Stable star, Hollywood Colin 2:03 had won the first heat from his stable mate, Guy Ozark 2;021a; in 2:06 F Bronx won the second and third heast in 2:061-4 and 2:OS with Hollywood Colin in the place posi- tion.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-02

The recent Grand Circuit meeting at Kalamazoo. Mich. was one of the most successful in the history of the Celery City association, the raciT~ being exceptionally good each afto neon, and attendance far ahead of former years.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-02

Kurnicki defeated Flood the other day. Lynn defeated Berkowitz 6-4, 6-4 and Kurt Klopp and Harry Schupack played three hours with out reaching a decision. Schupack took the first match and Klopp took the second. Neither could win the third.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-02

This attraction shades ali others tomorrow but the Sacred Hearts have a good tussle scheduled with Avon at the Washington park grounds.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-02

Returns are very slow in coming In from the city tennis tournament which is being played at the present time. Reports have been received from three matches in the mems singles and one in the women's singles.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-19
By His Tooth
Is He Known

LOS ANGELES, Mar. 10. U,R)-
The city prosecutor today received 2
warming to prepare for visit from
a fast stepping Lothario who is to
be identified by one tootn-the only
one he has.
According TO the warning, issued
Ly f. b. Daniel, deputy state labor
commissioner Of Bakersfield, the
man is Billy Murray, middle aged
dancing master.
The communication told the sad,
sad story Of 200 persons who con
triDuted to the asscrtedly fake danr.
ing and moving picture school start
cd by Murray there last January.
Murray it vas asserted, told of
connection in Hollywood and prom
ised 20 place his pupils with the sta
dios. Instead, Daniels letter dec.ar-
ed. he took their money and left
Bakersfield.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-19
I, 4. Sheriff
Seriously Ill

LOS ANGELES, Mar. 70. U.P)-
Sheriff Wiiiiam l. Traeger, 80. vet
eran Los Angeles police officer, was
confined To his home today serious
iv i'll. DR.. Clarlss Z. Sebastian, at
tending physician, reported.
According TO the physician, Sher-
iii Traeger was suffering FROM
chronic bronchitis. infection OF both
legs and dropsical symptoms.
Or. Sebastian ordered the sheriff
to remain in bed for at least two
weeks in an effort to avoid pneU-
monia and serious complications.
Sheriff Traeger was in an auto
mobile accident about a year ago
and injured one OF his legs which
became infccto-. i month ago ne
tripped over gas heater and
burned lis other leg. Infection also
developed after tlis accident.