New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 4, 1919, Page 8

NEW BRITAIN DAILY KERALD, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1919. HOMMEY AND LEONARD READY FOR BIG BO MATCH—HUGGINS INTIMATES SEVERAL CHANGES IN YANKEES WEXT SEASON—LOFT ASKS e BIG PRICE UT TONIGHT IN BARDECK’S HALL—JOE STECHER DOWNS STRANGLER IN WRESTLING MATCH AFTER FAST FOR RACING JUVENILE—CALLAHAN IN LINEUP e = == OMMEY AND LEONARD TRAINED TO THE MINUTE FOR BOUT TONIGHT Hardware City A. C. Arranges Four Bouts, 30 Rounds in All At Bardeck’s Hall—Big Crowd Expected. Trained to the minute, Packey pmmey of Brooklyn and Joe Leonard d of New York await the sound . f e timer’'s gong that will start them [ in the scheduled 12-round star put tonight at Bardeck’s hall under e auspices of the Hardware City A. The exhibition has been arranged d is under the direction of Match- aker Jack Reinas. Mr. Reinas has mplied with all the requirements fo1 e bout, and his third success re in the boxing game seems assured T tonight. Packey Hommey has pen in this city since last Friday eve- ng, during which time he has made number of friends. e has been orking out with local hoys and is in e pink of condition. Hommey's rk in New Haven several yea g0 oved pleasing to the n City fans o watched him battle Harry Condon d Pete Hartley in 20 round bout ommey also has met Champion K fne on two occasions and has a dr ith the famous Leach Cross, now red, to his credit. . ‘While the original card called for attling Reddy to meet Hommey, the tion of Reddy in refusing to on ade it necessary for substitute, d Manager Reinas was very fortu hte in securing a boxer of the abil- v of Leonard ta fill the bill. The Semi-Final. The semi-final bout will bring to- pther two clever 124-pound boys in ckey Travers of New Haven and W To- Travers has | 1y one reversc to h: redit, that by hmmy Waltz of Hartford, whose fends have claimed more champion- ips for, and who has won less, than y boy that ever donned the gloves. fravers is a rugged boy who likes the ix 'em style of boxing. Lewis is a weomer in the utmeg state, hav- g arrived in Waterbury only a few onths ago. He was taken in tow by lan Buckley who has kept him busy | ver since. ce of New bhnny Lewis beat Frank Bran- Haven and later held Shugrue of Waterbury to a fraw in smokers held in the Brass ity. He is a Canadian and is noted r his speed. The Prelim Those who saw ty in H: e T wction against Battling McGann rtford at the October show of dware City A. C. were thor- jughly satisfied that Bill was the bods, and there were many hat he be put on the next card with a etter man. To these demands Man- zer Reinas listened and then put nsiderable time in looking around For a worthy opponent for the edon- Bill Sweeney of this | in| ul ven- | gated boxer. Kid Brennan of Hart- ford, an athlete of renown on the foot ball and basehall fields, is the boy who has been selected to put Sweeney the test this evening. In the Capital City the members of the v A. O are back Brennan to the man to beat the tonight. They will mix for six rounds at 133 pounds, and it looks like a real baftle. The erelim. Iredericks, who has shown locals on {wo previous local boy Isddie h wares 1o the occasions, wiil & 1 don the 1 night to stack up against Jimmy Scar- Jett of this city Although this bout advertised by the eclub as a curtain raiser, there is a fecling that the bout will produce more than the ordinary opening bouts. The hoys are warm ri- vals and each is after the old popula decision this evening. The Officials, “Honest John™ Willis will referee of the bout tonight, which will prove satisfying to the honest hoxing man, who places in Jock Willis every confidence. The writer has se- cured some interesting dope concern- be the ing some out-of-town boxing promot- | ers who are trying to oust John Willls s the local official and it is just this kind of work that is going to do the trick if the boxing game is hurt. information may be of value to th committee in charge of handling the licenses and it is also known the titude of the chief of police in r to who shall referee boxing in city. Havtford cently took a ep in having a boxing commission ppointed and it was noted that one of the rule codes called for “only bon fide residents can sccure permits. This is a matter that can be easi over on an unsuspecting body. might be well for New Britain men to let Hartford men run shows in tho rd this Capital City and when it comes to New | Britain the same may be said of resi- dents of the city governed by Mayor Kinsella. Arthur A. Pilz will be in charge of | the announcing job, and one of his im- portant announcements this evening will be in regard ta smoking. Under no circumstances will smoking be toler- ted, several policemen and firemen having been secured by the manage ment to prevent it. A persistency on the part of the fans to break this im- portant feature will only mean that requests | (he exhibition will be hampered. o Delays To Reinas of the made arrangements to start pramptly at 8:15 o'clock and will be no delays between the bouts. tht. Manager club GALLAHAN IN LINEUP ale Captain Gets Into Practice After Long Layoff—Crimson in Shape—Tigers Behind Closed Gates. New Haven, Nov. 4 hotball heir first son Monday the game scrimmasge of following of was a surprise s representing d e Eli att: The presence of such srmer stars and valued adviser rthur Howe, former captain ead coach; Pudge Heffelfinger, illey and George Moseley hat a message for cen sent out by the hg 1. Captain 1d role fime in eemed oaches i1l the vho 1 brilliant he first a Saturday he decision the coaches and is interpreted isfaction with a stance had resident Tim Callahan nap bac the wece His muscle bruise have disappeared and expect to use him eason clos Billy his understudy, on the second was in his to s, Galvin played teanm, been ame half. Cambridge, farvard veek in vholesale have Mass., football team good spirits. return to play doing side-line duty, and, or the first time in a long while, the oachess saw the cleven on which they ave been for the Crimson's agair ton Saturday and in trim Nov. 4.—The started its There was a of men who heen banking Princ good ame ct in- N. J player: the Nov. 4.—No and coaches, was Palmer Memorial afternoon Bill entire varsity squad gates, but what he did apparently for him the world to guess. Princeton xcept the dmitted tadium yesterday Roper had his pehind closed with them finow and one, to is for MILLER WINS $12,000 RACK, fFinishes First in El Paso to Phoenix Road Test. Husgh B easily won the 11 automobile road here ifter- Durio Cruces, W. J. Ta Automobile Phoenix, Ariz., Nov. 4. [Miller of Phoe s0-to-Phoenix ix ace, arriving oon. P. A IN. M., finished er of Tucsor Miller avers Durio 39.2 B [derby was for a be dividea 70 pe 20 to the second third. Miller vesterday of s second and third zed 41.3 miles per hour, aber 34.8 The take of $12,000 fo to the and nd cent winne man, 10 to the won a similar racc in 1914 PLAYER HURT. Huniford, football team member of the s of Rockville sustained a bad cut on his head Sun- day afternoon in the game with the Nutmegs at Seymour park. He was attended by Dr. F. J. Mann who took several stitches to close the wound. Good | ~Yale's varsity | players were yesterday given | to order | | parent | there i [ ihe Home indicated | coach- | first | the | regularly | 1" ! pilot | cutriela | cutfield "~ CHANGES IN YANKEES Manager Huggins Intimates Baker, Bodic, Pratt and HHannah Be Missing 'rom Team. York, Nov. 4.—That amiliar faces, notably Truck llannah, Ping Derrill Pratt, may be m the linenp when the take the field next scason dicated remarks dropped ler yesterday. Tt that Huggins is convinced no Adelina Patti aspect ahout Baker’s relirement this time and that Run King has retired f to his Trappe farm for all. Probubly in my Bodic v w by was by s Huggin: ap- haseball :nd for 5] chang have to ching can Hannah is or rele; rd There will be at least my outfielc deeclared “If Baker does nof to bring Fewster in and play him at make another change in addition.” I"rom sentence it is inferred that 1w think Bodie 1 ou efulness as a Yankee g Huggins apparently juch stock in Derrill ion 1 he is through ball, for Miller yesterds allusion any second hase 1t would not at all however, fo s ewster the midway next season and the rookie brother of “Irish Phillies, or Pinnelli, leaguer, holding down m ken to to be trad- onc the Yankee return Tl from the third. | in the the last Huggir own his Lave may ardener. does not take Pratt’s dec with bz made se- no to s problem. surprisin wioned Meusel Meusel anot third e s of the T asc 1APTON O Famous Irish Yachtsman Expected in New York to Insg Halifax, N. 5., Nov Lipton, owner of the IV., challenger for ica's cup. arrived here Liverpool the mania homas is on New York to inspect his yacht, which has been in dock since 1914 Thomas would few days in Ameri 1 time, but would return later longer stay. Next spring. he will send his 23-meter race his challenger trial IS SIDE. Sir Thomas ‘ht Sham he Amer- rday from steamship va rock ve on Car- Sir his way to dry said he pend a over ¢ gainst in trips, WALTER P1i'1* WEDS, Grand Rapids, Mich.. Nov. 4.—Wal- ter C. Pipp, first baseman of the Yan kees, was married here this morning by the Rev. D. E. Malone in St. An- drew’s church to Miss Nora M. Pow- ers of this city. Immediately after the wedding the bride and groom will leave on thir honeymoon trip to Cuba, where Pipp will play ball during the i winter manths itts to- | The | at- | fine | has | the show | thero | That | Mit- | change | JOE STECHER BEATS . Im A CHEAT I EEEL LERE & TRAITOR POSED To LURE Farmer Boy Pins Kentuckian's ' Shoulcers o Mat Ater Fast Bout Ll e = BE SHoT Nov. 4 of the body expert, STRANGLER LEWIS | ~ev N triumphed York, ~Joe Stecher braska, S50 1 over Strangler 1d. Lewisn end his head lock in a furiot con- that | see- | tested eaten cateh bout lasted 1 onds can hour 31 minutes and 3 last night at Madison Square | Garden. Stecher defeated vith sors the Kentuckian favorite double wr Lewis had twice prey firom after desperate But the third time that Stecher vlied the lock Lewis was in such | wealkened condition that he was un- ble to break out of it. and after | ruggling for three minutes both of the Strangler's shoulders were pressed to the canvax and Referec (ieorse Bothner patted the perspiring vietor en the hack. Up to the time the decisive registered Lewis had had of the contest on point teen behind his opponent {and had shown more aggre than Stecher Just before the full the headlock would win over o1 Three times in quick on Lewis took flying headlocks and brought his man the floor. echer showed the effect of the pun- 16hing hold, and seemed weak when | Tewis slammed him to the canvas aft- the third tumble Sitecher Has Narrow Escape. But Stecher got his head loo from the crushing impact of Lew left arm and in a twinkiing had | wound his flexible legs about Lewis' midsection. Then after some maneu- vering he seized Lewis by both wrists and gradually forced his shoulders to | the mat. B this his and hold, the hody lock, ously truggles scis- which scaped ap- fall was the better 1te had oftenest veness A FRIEND GrngG HERE § MINC - 3 HO M = s if the suc- | it looked cel to clean cut victory Stecher 1M SOP- Good ME Tre Wonder What a Decoy Thinks About 1'M ASHAMED OF MY CALLING HERE | AM ALL PainTepd UP LIKE A CHORUS GCIRL AND NO PLACE Te Go | *NEW U'D GET \T- THE FuLL CHARGE The B16 STIFF OF - AND To MAN THAT BOUGHT ME BANGS AWAY AT A FLockx OF THAT LL BE E~D SHOOTING — @GET THE CAN SURE IF L SOME L\vE DUCKS PRETTY Soon THERE HE GOES SNEAKING INTO THAT BLIND - Now HE'S TAKING SOMETHING ouT OF A BOTTLE - TROUBLE \S ABOULT To BEGIN I'™M ALL SHOT PIECES. THAT My PALS THE TODAYS (L e LUeK - No LUCK DepnT ENTICE to a match with Caddock, who sent Garden announcing mect the victor in rns the mpion Tarl telegram to the his willingness to title bout The contest between | Stecher was witnessed by packed the Garden, and o full of action and so o the “Merry Widow"” wallz { whistled during the time letes were in the vir Stecher v in Dbotter | than Lewis and was trained lininute. Lewis carried too I flesh and this affected him | contest lengthened “ Tn aqdition to his effective | nold Stecher has developed a dang: fous armlock. Soldier 1. right a ' BIG PRICE FOR JUVENILE Lewis and scorge W. Loft Puts $75,000 as crowd that the bout was citing that was not the ath- rice ..on Donnacona When Commander s to Buy Him, Nov. 4.—That who trains the W Itimare, sch, belonging | that was aax condition | to the much the to George Loft, believes Donnacona is a great race horse as shown here yesterday when Guy Bedwell, acting for Commander J af the K. SEEOIS I RoSo went When asked to put a price o i youngster Mr. Hirsch named $7 as Dis 4S5 | phig price was more than Bedwel e, won the opening il | yicipated and no bargain was struck. vens of England after oy | Donnacona is a beautiful imported a tussle of 11 minutes and 11 seconds. | pay by Prince Palatine and Kildonan. Leavitt pinned his opponent’s shoul- | ! John Sanford brought him to th | ders with a scissors and a half nelson. | country, ahd with a dozen other tho Cyclone Re nd Mike Nestor, {twWo | gughbreds offered him at auction. active middleweights, with an enter= | epal horsemen hid on him, but | taining assortment of 1 spins and | jiq made was topped by Mr. Sanforl, ound and lofty wrestled ©who hought him in for $10.000. The ten minutes o a next day he sold him privately to Mr. Zhyszko, who, cording to an- Loft for that sum. : nouncement, appeared for fhe pur- B i . | hosc of pleasing his friends, won from o | John Pedrof with body lift and MORAN A TLURE. [ windmill swing in 2 minutes and 42| : | | nk Makes PPoor Showing in Come- | Lewis, back Bout in Smoky City. zo0d Jean " Referee Bothuer at onece began | end tramping { precede action. in quest colt. the 000 n itt, looking from ove dr pounds and in Stecher, looking the word from 9:25 p. m. and pulling. hauling the ring that | weighin condition, hound, nd ot at the about Pittsbu Pa, Nov. 4—Irank Moran's reiurn to the ring the other night in Pittshurgh, where he knocked out Jaclk in the eighth round, id not boaest the sorrel top's propa- anda for @ bout with Jack Dempsey. Gever, who is even a worse has been than Moran, made Irank step some ! and delivered some pretty hard lop. Moran was slower thau cver very wild. It may be that Moran ! got another apportunity at an e date fo show his wares in New He always is popular with boxir lowers and against some dub prove a success. But Moran's fighting Demp: should he Such a meeting would have ta be pre- by the appointment of a coro- ner's jury Geyer | BROWN IS TN TRIM. i nd will 1 Players, hy Look I'rovidence - S P aped from the Syra ctically unscathed, one or two receiving minor bruises. several of the regulars still with injuries received in some carlier Armstrong, Albright and Hoving not to play in the Yal me on - 5 Rrook Jemail, al- FOR ARMY ELEVEN, playing Saturday, are physical and used this in serimn preparation bout Uninjurced Yalc. Providence Orange, o Nov. 4.—Brown battle fol- might talk of stopped. use ers However, are ot ti ble rda though in good will in the Hoving and e lo o ceded he xiumes. may Sat ind Jast shag to Be Rule From Now With Point, N. Y., Nov. this weels here next the stiff leading not St Practice Until probably be week he Game Navy. for against Army for the - Tloosiers is st of the up to the York at the end West begins preparation Notre Dame contest day. The ith expected the Army’s encounters Navy contest in New of this month. he not the the latter \rmstrons ave although ready by \rmstrong, oulder Saturday, crimmage. is likely to 1 part of the weck ever, is out gume me to e how- He espe vith @ lame to play since ery has 1 appe: probable will become a re defensive and best not likely 1y well latter puntin: the showed up so that the gular, came Tutts in fairly Gregory was injured S did not appear in the practic which lasted two hours. through od the rs for : turday offensive work are of any backficld man. day LEHIGH IN LIGHT SESSION. | E - g = | WESLEYAN NOT HURT. 3 Is ifurt in 2 One Man, Pitt=burzh Only av me., Al Baptist ¥ s koscape Injurics in Williams Bout. —The Weslevan its hard game without ¥y Pa, put vesterday, out limberin pagna absence injuries hurt Nov. 1 through with B Leh light the hleh squad m, The) som most og up. Mike were excused was He in 2 Middletown, Nov. 4 through Saturday and all the able to answer Only light work work veterans Wilson | while by came Williams injuries, men werc erday team with | ol firse- roll and ous waria enforce reason of Lehigh contest ald was was the Pitts- call indulged 1 only man the o Dr y for The his es | burgh | Mcho | injured ankle showing improvemen: | With the Penn State game dircetly ahead and with the men pretty nearly on edge, Keady has a problem before ! him. It is not likely that any heavy work will be done this week. : sauver and Liston began the game with Amherst remarkable work of toe in the Williams game indi that he will prove a strong factor in the (Wo remaining mes of the season—those with ! Amherst and Columbia. Today preps Saturday. Boote with out for a time, his i thoroughbreds | wal- | Jersey. ' was | WILLIAMS Wil liams B/ amstown, basketball coming season ten games, but | found in the artmouth KISTBALL DATES. Nov. 4.—The Wil- schedule for the consists of the several newcomers are list of opponents. will be played for the first time in several yecars, while Brown and New York State Collcge disappear from the schedule this vear The list follow Jan. 16, Wesleyan at Williamstown; ! Jan. 19, Dartmouth at Williamstown; 17eb. yracuse at Williamstown; | Feb. mherst at Amherst; Feb. Hamilton at Will IFeb West Point at We March i Colgate at Williamstown; March Wesleyan at Middletown; March { Union at Williamstown: March Amherst at Williamstown. 6, 10, 13, \. L. DIRECTORS TO ME New York, Nov. 4.—Dircctors the American league today lked to attend special meeting here Wednesday morning to consider the protest of the Detroit club against the games which Carl Mays pitched i for New York. Necw York finished third in the American league pennant race, a hall game ahead of Detroit, | earning a share of the world's series receipts. A request by New York that the board ask the na- 1l commission to pay them their portion of the monc will be taken up. . of were BOXING COMMISSION ORGANIZES. Hartford, Nov. 4.--At a meeting of the newly formed hoxing commission in Hartford yesterday afternoon, James Cnrry, secretary to Mayor Richard Kinsella, was named chair- man, and John M. sporting cditor of the Hartford Courant, secre- tary. The committee voted to wait for the meeting of the rules and regu- lations committee of the Tnternational Sporting club before definito action taken regarding the rules fo the sport in the Capital City. FORM BOWLING LEAGUI, Bowling promises to form one of the sporting activities for the employes of the Fafnir Bearing company this win- ter. The formation of a league is now 'in the works. The various teams and managers arc as follows: Production department, Mr. Barenborg: grinding department, Mr. McAvey: automatic department, Mr. ITavlick; inspection department, Mr. Norris: engineering department, Mr. Brink; tool room, Mr. Talbot: lahoratory and employ- ment bureau, Mr. Miller; millwright, forging and hardening departments, Mr. O'Brien; office, Mr. Casc. Greene, is govern WILLIAMS ELEV Williamstown, M Williams varsity was allowed vesterday, Weston field being given to | the sophomore nd the freshman teams, which preparing for the | annual class b The Purple came through the strenuous encounter with ' Wesleyan in good shape, Mills, ceiter being the only playver hurt. He will be all right for Saturday's game with Middlebury tt) HATTERS RFCORD. Nov. 4.—Norman can and a world's ROSS ¢ Honolulu, T. | Ross broke an Amer swimming recerd in open water heve last Saturday. He swam 880 yards in 11 minutes and 12 2-5 seconds, brealk- ing the American record by 14 onds. He then continued swimming to 1,000 yards, which he did in 12 | minutes and 44 3-5 scconds, breakin the world’s record by 7 2-5 seconds. 9-5 seo- usuali Report About the Former Japancse Washington, mier Terauchi of Japan died at Tokio ! noon offic: ment. member cil and had wee TERAUCHI IS DEAD. and his phy dead. camphor e, nes: | nounced that he wa Injections of precautionary n | stored two ago icians an-_ given as a Premier Is Now Official. however, re- conscious Nov. 4.—Former Pre- IM SUCCESS. that the of Gen REDS CLA yesterday, according to an| lLondon, No A claim ial dispatch to the State depart- | northwestern army Count Terauchi, Yudenitch, whi en attackigg Soviet who was a of the been by held the Japanese privy coun- | Petrograd, bhas roung title ot Bolsheviki is made in a seviously ill lapsed into & iield marshal, been nment wirele dispatch - from He for several state of coma Moscow dated today Notice! Soldiers, Sailors, Be Sure ax:nd ”Attend the ORGANIZATION MEETING EDDY-GLOVER POST AMERICAN LEGION At the Arch Street Armory Thursday Night, 8 o’clock Every Veteran Will Be Welcome ALL STAR BOXING EXHIBITION TONIGHT Bardeck’s Hall, Arch St. Star Bout Packey Hommey vs. Joe Leonard Ringside $2.20. LS Prices: Admission $1.10.