The Herald Statesman from Yonkers, New York • 20

PAGE TWENTY THE YONKERS HERALD TUESDAY. OCTOBER 8. 1929 THE YONKERS HERALDS SPORTING NEWS The Rajah Will Be There, Boys Two Thousand Woke In Line At Wrigley Fields Windows Line Started To Form Yesterday, And Army Cots, Packing Boxes And Such Were Used As Sleeping Equipment; Scalpers Sell Out n.u aw Oct. 8 i.APi Weary-1 Seat Jit the bleacher rnnrtructM uc' n.rfiin ovor adjacent streets and eyed. wmt rt nrt.

sUndlR room admiwlona were Jo go o( sHeer-. nth is lioiieldl- on Mlc al he former at (I approximatclv 2.000 ba'iball far to- cacti and the latter at $3. The pales day awoke and or merely were to ojien at 9:30 to thoae; Who stretched, at Wrieley Field he t.ckct wliidoas at; were lnrlunate enough to obtain re-oia netl to xell 8,000 servrd scats in grandstand, and HOLLOWS. CHALLENGE ALL LOCAL TEAMS tOB CITY TITLE The Hollows being the champions ot the Light Senior Baseball League, winning 23 out of 84 game played. also defeating Mime very fast -out of town saml-pro teams and a few of local teams krr considered to be as good ax eillier K.

of. C. or Recre-tinnx. but (he two having a aeries the Hollows have no chf nee to play either one. The Hollows luucd a challenge to the Trevors but the manager of the Trevors seemed to out.

since the latter were defeated laa year with a team not nearly, half as good as the team the Hollows, have at present. Trevor defeated 81. Matthews In the la.tt inning by a five Inning rally where Hollows defeated, latter 6 to 2 The follow mg -the Hollowa have Is. as large as that for any team In the city. boxr.i, The waiting line for' the first game provided the usual opjtortUnltie for enterprising business minds; Braes were sold for gl each, while the rental fee for rots was a high as $3 lor the' nieh.

Vendors of food and eoffee bleacher arata, ifnd 2.500 atandhi-room' edmlstKin mine' between the Cuba lor the world linos, Parted to hum basing through the Rivalries Of 25 Years Will Be Renewed On Fields This Week N. Y. U. To Battle Fordham, Princeton To Tackle Brown And Pittsburgh To Face W. Virginia; Syracuse-Nebraska Navy-Notre Dame Also FPrdham five times.

A Y. tory la anticipated but the margin. Is expected at best ta i- touchdown or so. Syracuse and Nebraska hare i even 'In six games since 1917, Cornhuskera winning the last to by scorn of 20-0 and 7-6. Proxpr are rather bright for a Syracuse tory.

this year for Nebraska du! appear: to particular advantage scoreles tie with Southern M. dlst last Saturday. If a Syracuse victory it probably will remain for Dame to keep -up the Middle ern end of Saturdays interac-vif play. iKnute Rockne'a the speedy Jack Elder a cci. scoring threat, will be favored grille which had lta downing William and Mary There are number of other sect tonal games of less import or.

tue program, with Yale traveling to play Georgia; Swarlhmore lng Virginia; Michigan Stair l.i;. tllng Colgate; Virginia Folly m-et-Ing Pennsylvania; Davidson the- field against Army and L-jms playing Georgetown. Close games are In prospect In the meetings of Bucknell and Wariii.g, I ton and Jefferson; Rutgers and Holy Cross and VUlanova and Boston College, but Cornell, Columbia, Dartmouth. Lafayette end Penn among others, will be mau-hed against so-called minor opposition; umporarv grandsMnd for tie Rrri and AUileur 'cham-plwtihip. The line, or yesterday, Inc: day and r.iyhl peileitnairf in- did bmineiw ink hig way and hoped termed in other affairs than chain- for fair weather and anothir harvest pioiv-hip baseball were furred tonight.

to walk up the middle the street! Op'imhte who came to Chiraeo be-adjoinin Wrlshy Field, to get that money could help where they weir going. to obtain tickets were out of lurk, for Some of the wallers aro-c from the aralprn had sold what few tickets Armv coti-rcnted for the n.jht for they could locale, the price of a room and bath In Tire A still were the money favor-moat any liotci. Other hex. although little wagering was beam from packing boxes. kMclien lng'done.

Connie Macks American chairs and still others simply got up League champions were quoted at II off the aldraalk. ito 10. May Succeed Huggins YONKERS IllilUS ll IRISH HORSE TEAM DISEM- BARKS IN NEW YORK First of the contenders in (he International military events at the forthcoming national hn-. how, which will be held in Madi-sonSquare Garden November 7-13, tha representatives of th Irish Free state arrived in New York yesterday, landing from the steamship Minnetonka after an enjoyable voyage, Heading the party was Capt. John G.

O'Dwyer, who was sc- eompsnled by Mrs. O'Dwyer. The other members of the equestrian are Capt. Cyril B. Harty, Capt.

T. B. Finley and Capt, Corey. Two of these will be selected later to make up, with Cap- tain O'Dwyer, the official team of three for the International events In the Garden next month. Practice At Pelton Oval Tomorrow Evening At 7 Team's Performance At New Rochelle Very Good II, JAMES UHIll I.N Coach Harry Cordeaa Yonkers Fooball Club squad ramc out of the hard battle of Sunday wiUi the New Jtorlielle C.

in splendid physical condition, and Intensive work In preparation for next Sunday's game with Mamaroncck at Mainaronrck ill start tomorrow evening at Pelton. Cord ex ha called for practice there at 7:30 The rough spots that needed- ironing but, as a pi1 rent against New Rochelle, will be. given detailed attention and a smoother-working outfit should take the field against the Sound Village club. Defensively, Yonkers left little to be desired. The tackling was sharp and at times spectacular.

The blocking was too. Offensively, a general sharpening, up la in order. $'' Individually, the bocks are capable 3 and willing. With a little more co- heal on between Uwmaelves and added co-operation from, the torwards any quartet Cordrs throws in there is going to be mighty dungrrous. Men like Murin, Tainraz, Haas, McCarthy, Elliot, Hoffman, Mike and Ed Nugent and William can do about everything backfield player la aupitosed to da Yonkers la fortunate In having such wealth of fine material.

Manager Gene Lenihan la busy at present on the rest of hla schedule. Yonkers will, open bt home late this month or esrly in November. Tomorrow's practice la 7:30 at Out Of Keelers Golf Bag has ran null City Champions Display Speed And Accuracy In Initial Workout; Brown Takes Over Pilot Reins Nr nn.i, SfcTAXTHt Last years city professional basketball champions, the Bearcat, held their Initial practice session at the Prospect House, Buena. Vista Ave nue, last evening under the managership of Brown, the newly selected pilot of this season's outfit. The Cat gave a snappy exhibition for the first time out, and from all indications, they will be right up in front In the defense of their title against the city's best The regulars In last night's game were Ilratch Douglas, Bennett, Dnhan, Slut ark and Brown, the only member missing being Lapchirk, who la hiking part In the hunting season In Die Opposing tliem were Hoffarth, Madura.

Hip Dratch. McCarthy, Phil Bchlobohm and Weber. John 8chk-bohm acted in the role of referee, while Harry Pollock ha the entire cheering squad. Plans for weekly games at the State Armory, North Broadway, with the Bearcats as home team, are pending. A special meeting of the club will be held this evening at the -club-rooms.

15 Palisade Avenue, to make arrangements for the third annual dance, which will be held at Philips-burgh Hall, Hudson Street, on Friday evening, Oct. 18. VICTORY CONFIRMED Washington, Oct. 8 (AP). Ward Van Orman's victory in the 1329 In ternaliunal Gordon Briuiett balloon race was officially confirmed today by the National Aeronnuilr Association which announced that Van Orman, piloting a balloon for A lie Goodyear Zeppelin Company, traveled 341 miles.

Captain E. Kepner, U. 8. Army, was second wilh .338 miles and Lieutenant q. Settle In a Navy balloon Wa third with 304 miles.

The Blginn pilot; Ernest Demuyter, traveled 226 miles to finish in fourth place. DANBURY FAIR RACES CAPTURED BY MUNZ Danbury; Oct. 8. Gux Munt Of. Flushing.

drove the winners both event on the opening card yesterday at the Dunbury Fair races. He won the 2:17 pace with. Fortune Volo. In straight heats, and took the :12 trot in three straight with Andy Volo. nc did not hare easy work, a he wat pressed, by the field In both A change has been made by the management in the races lor today.

The pacing colt class did not fill and was canceled. The 2:08 pace was changed to a special pace, with added starters, as the regular class did not fill. The 2:15 trot will be the second class on the card fur today. TRONTO SIX SIGNS SMITH Toronto, Qct. 8.

Art Smith, defense man of the Tonmto JUple Leal of the National Hockey League, yesterday signed a two-year contract. She Makes Em Cheer Ty Cant Quit AmeiotrA Prtn rkota One year away from baseball has convinced Ty Cobb that he cant get along without the game. He will become a major league official next year. ENDURANCE PLANE TO CIRCLE CUB FIELD Chicago, Oct. 8 (AP).

With 8 iuU days to their credit at 8:52 a. m. today, the two mystery pilots of the Chlcago-We Will" c. plane planned to spend their 209th hour aloft, over Wrigley Flrld for a long distance bird's eye 'view of the lint world series Field attaches at Skyhaibor Airport said the planes motor seemed to bq functioning perfectly and that the pilots, whose Identities are being refully guarded, had sent down word that they were physically fit for a long grind. Their names will not be revealed, the flight promoters said, unless the -Jl-hour refueling endurance record of the "St.

Louis Robin" Is broken. Primes Badger BROWN NAMED CHAMriON Providence, R. Oct 7 (Ari-I Panama Al. Brown today wa turned world' bantamweight champlm by the championship committee tm National Boxing Association, the n-1 nouncement being made tonight Iff Edward C. Foster, chairman o( the N.

B. A. committee, following telegraphic conference with other members. SINGER AND MATE ON CARD Two of Manager Hymle Caplin I boxen will appear In Madison Square Garden, New York City, Friday. Al Singer is to battle Leonardo (Young) Zazzerino, Jersey City, In the future scheduled for 10 rounds.

Carnegie Coach iMoefetsd Pros Phf Bob Waddell la head football coark at Carnegie Tech. heard there a song, Llmehouse Blues." with a prculiarly wicked and snarling' kick Jn the- retrain. He was tune-haunted at Merlon; he hummed that refrain at the hotel and in the motor car; and he said it ran through hla head on the course, all the time. UNDETERMINED TOIL IN SHIP DISASTER Oslo. Norway, Oct.

(UP), Harrowing reports received here today of how the Norwegian steamer Hakon was wrecked near on Sunday evening seemed to attribute the disaster to the- fart that the storm of that night had extinguished tire beacon flare In the Florae Lighthouse. Contradictory estimates kept pouring In of the exact number of the dead. The most reliable reporta said 35 were drowned and 87 were rescued. Twelve passengers were reported to have been trapped and drowned below the deck. Before they were picked up by the rescue ship, Ban Lucar, some passengers, hanging to the bow of the sinking vessel, had to listen to the cries of those who were drowning in the black and fee cold 5 O.

B. HKEI.ER Music hath charms ta soothe the savage breast, also, It would seem, to comfort the competitive golfer and keep hla. mind off some of hla troubles. Woody Platt, engaged In a qualifying round. Invariably hums the air, and not Infrequently sings the words, of Abdul Abulbul Emir." and Jess Sweetker last year asked me.

to teach It to him. I'm qualifying with Woody' at Brae Bum," said Jess, and I want to Jeajn the tenor part of It -so we can have a duet." When Bobby Jones sets out for the course for a big competition, I am always glad to hear him humming or whistling, one of a quartet of favorite songs, all of which, I am sure, have had a part in winning golf championship; The way I figure it the Intense preoccupation of competitive golf -finds a grateful relief. In the monotonous repetition of a familiar air, going over and over in the mind In the manner known as tune-haunted." Nearly everybody knows what It la to be tune-haunted. 1 know that Just before Bobby went to Merlon for the amateur championship of 1924 he saw an English revue In New York and ml- X- I j. aj jfocfui4 Prtu Pkatm Robert Connery, president of the SL Paul American Association team, la mentioned as a possible successor to Miller Huggins as manager of the New York Yankees.

Along the Sidelines 4TI? Unlttrt ProM) New. York, Oct. N. Y. U.

Violets face a strenuous week of practice In preparation for Saturday's clash with their Inter-city rival, Fordham. Exports rate the teams on even terms. West Point, Oct. 8. Carver, Army backfield man who has been shifted from quarter to half, starred in Monday's scrimmage on the tossing end of a forward pass attack.

Coach Jones gave Cagle, Bowman, Gibner, Carver and Hutchinson a long workout on pass defense. 1 Annapolis, Oct; 1 Navy stack for the Notre Dame game Saturday slumped with the announcement that Johnny Gannon, considered as the Tvs' most valuable backfield man. would not be able to play. Gannon's in is offset to some extent by the fine showing of such running backs at Spring, Kohlhax. Toth.

Tschlrgl and Blnna, who have been playing far better than expected. Princeton. Oct. A-Paul Carey, of Mount Vernon. Tiger quarterback who hurt hla shoulder In the Amherst game Saturday will not be In ihape to play against Brown on Saturday.

Carey's loss will be partially offset by the return of Halfback Ed Wlttmer who returned to the lineup Monday. New Haven, Oct. 8 -Turn-Ing aside a Yale custom which makes Monday a day of light work. Coach Mai Btevrns sent hU varsity through a scrimmage game, with the scrub team. Syracuse.

Oct A-Syracu started preparations for Saturday' game with Nebraska by going through a long drill today. Coach Andrea plan to atari a young eleven against the Huskers, the flrat team being composed of five sophomores, four Juniors and two senlora. Athena, Oa Oct. Georgia started tu final week of prartlcefor the Yale game with the easy Monday, workout. The team came through Saturday's ga without injuries and expected to be at top form for Saturday intersections! battle.

HOT DOG" WAR Chicago, Oct. 8 I Apt. Bob Lewis, travelling secretary ot the Chicago Guta, spent htolf how In Jtil wv this morning, nil on account or hot kLewis and Ray Knelp. hot dog con-cesslonnalre at Wrigley Field, were arrested by a policeman who asserted they were threatening Independent hot dog "barkers" vending the Invigorating frankfurters to the thousands of persons lined, up outside the ball park wailing for bleacher mats. Lewis and Knelp were booked for disorderly conduct and' released on their own 835 bond.

Ernest Cashman, skid to be a club employe, was arrested for striking one of the Independent vendors. He also was charged with disorderly conduct and released on 825 ball. DID NT LIKE THE PROSPECTS New York, Oct. 8 (UPL-When the door of a vault slammed hut on him at the closing hour, Robert Costello, an office boy. set up a frantic pound tng which brourlit an emergency police Robert had visions of spending the night In his close quarters but the police, after tome, with a blow torch and sledge hammers, released, him in 30 minutes withoi nyt Injuring the KINSEY STARS IN MEXICO CITY PLAY Mexico City.

Oct. 8 (AP). Robert Kinsey, a former American, now a Mexican cltlsen, won two matches In the tennis championship here -yesterday In straight seta. He took the first from L. Legoretta, 8-1, 3.

81, then swamped Dr. Ricardo Alvares by scores of 80, 61, 81. John Van Ryn of East Orange, and Ben Gorchakoff, Occidental College, advanced. Van Ryn defeated Frederico Sendai, 8 2, 62. 82, and Gorchakoff defeated Gomes Paloclo, 8-3.

26. s-2, 6-3. Frits Mercur of Bethlehem, got Into action In the singles, defeating Mario Lopes Llera, 62, 62, 8-1. One American entry was eliminated when Rex Kipp lost to the Mexican, Felix Delcanto, 6-3, 8-4, 8-3. In the women's singles.

Miss Marjorie. Gladman of Santa Monies, eliminated Mis Eugenia Trahan, 63. 6-0; Mias Edith Cross of 8an Francisco defeated Miss Carmen Villaurrutia, 6-0, 84; Miss Josephine Crulifchank, San Francisco, defeated Miss Judith Segura. 62, 75, and Mia Marian Williams defeated Mia Trine Beptlen, 8-1, Miss Crulckxhank and Miss Williams eliminated Miss Amalia Defile and Miss Elena Torres In the women's doubles by scores of 6 2, 63. Mlfs Gladman and Van Ryn conquer, ed Mrs.

Beptlen and Sendai. 88 80. in the only mixed doubles match. AMERICAN HORSE IN TWO RACES ABEOAD London, Oct. (UP).

Mike Hall, American race hone, will race in both the Cambridgeshire and Cesarewltch Stakes, according to bis trainer, C. J. Fitzgerald, who arrived with the hone Monday, aboard the Mlnnewask. Mike 1 in good health," Fltxgersld said. If ha keep well he will run In both the Cesarewltch on October 16 and Cambridgeshire October 30." McKinnons high The third annual bowling tournament of the Bronx and Westcheiter division of the New York Telephone League sot under way at the Walton alley In the Bronx last night, with McKinnon of tha General Commercial team gaining the high aeose, 330, and the Bronx Repair Force team, last years ehamptooa, making the high team total, 90S.

Ysnderbilt Mentor Amtimttd Ftvm PSate Coach Dan McGugla is coaching his 26th aeaioii at Vanderbilt university. Altociattd Ptch Phot Head Coach Ol-nn Hilstlethwaite priming hla University of football team for the game wljh Colgate October COAST GUARD BOAT SUNK IN COLLISION New London, Oct. 8 (AP). The Coast Guard picket boat CG-212 sank at the Btate pier here today as she was being beached. Her hold full of In consequence of a collision with the patrol boat CG-289.

The impact destroyed the CO-212 electric switch box, causing the picket boat to be put in darkness. Despite the seventy. of the collLsiuon and the subsequent darkness below; the five men aboard scrambled safely to the deck; Three of the crew were thrown off their feet but escaped BATHROBE SIIROUD AND CHLOROFORM WILLED FOR DOG BATTER-UP! The World Seriet Will Be Covered By JOHN B. FOSTER The Ntliona Best Known Baseball Writer i. and L.

F. Parton I1 Special Staff Writer Beginning October 7, the day before the opening game and each day throughout the series. Two colorful teams will meet and a long and hard-fought series is predicted between the Chicago Cubs end i Philadelphia Athletics. Foster, co-author of the World Series will interpret the game and Ferton, vivid picture writer, will give the atmsophere. Watch the sport pages for the best baseball news every day in THE YONKERS HERALD Instructions that hla pet dog.

be chloroformed, wrapped care-' fully in a bathrobe and buried, were contained In the will of Ray A Cummings. Cummings, who lived at 190 West 100th Street; New York City, died September 27. Hla will, filed -yester-day by hU attorney, Anthohy B. Mansells, of 130 East 59th Street, Manhattan, disposes of an estate estimated aa under IIOAOO. 1 C.

R. A VALUATION Washington. Oct. 9 APLA final valuation of 825109933 for rate making purpose iu placed today by the 1 rtfe estate Commerce Commission upon- the owned and used property of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pa- rifle Railroad as of June 30, 1915. a oefrttr! Frrn Adirla.

Kate pf Hutchison, peps tbirys Up when she )cads the: cherrs at Kansas University football games..