New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 19, 1920, Page 20

INTERSCHOLASTIC BASKETBALL WILL BE DECIDED TONIGHT SHOULD NEW BRITAIN DEFEAT HARTFORD ON THE Y. M. C. A. COURT—BILL WAMBSGANSS | STAR SECOND BASEMAN OF CLEVELAND AMERICAN LEAGUE CLUB, CHOSE BASEBALL TO PULPIT—-BOB FOLWELL TO FOLLOW DOBIE SYSTEM ITS PULPIT FOR !NEW_BRITAIN HIGH SCHOOL QUINTET ‘ READY FOR HARTFORD HIGH TONIGHT By Briggs INATIONAL PASTIME Wambsganss, Indians’ Star' ond Baseman Chooses Baseball : i1l Wambsy pman, | w inss, intended for . Fgom the time le I he was 20, his father, intended Bill should be I£%Bill had not been consideration, perhaps 's plai would have gone when Bill ched as o minister he player. i) \vas W in 1 year moved Bill he big born to p that some would Neveland 1 nothing to say Fal from this big town, , he has decided to stick ing. oul A wife, buying everythin: ill. started 1o father sent him, lia collexc, which bol far Concordia semin h Rev. Mr. Wambs ed Bill to be turned ed minister of the se, Wambsgans: E nbsganss, Jr., was pla for the two Concor s but he never thought believed to be healthy 1d change Bill's ca tly, he was surp in Bill wrote him he play basebail for a e base hits instead of bu a play 1 was out ospe! L ill batted but .2 Cedar Rapid ciation but walloped the the following season gh to cause Bade Myers, scout, to advise 81,250 and a couple was brought on for but .217 for the Naps the following year. last season under the me. A batting average o nothing to brag of. Man dered why Crawford onto a player who ly and figured that fed @ new second basema a tough spot for 47 in the of anc Tha amn a cler his through. 20 he figured was a Cleveland, and a half then took 5 leaguer. about his ary 1 1. « in Cleveland second the min= | born n taken [ | | | ship of the fa- | good | but Fort an eturn | | loe: I]o‘“ re- § (o, once home eball when to Con- prep at ex- full- Of | knew that wh exerci: Tor 1913 was going living ving s and n- a1l for | was Cleve- | which trial. 1 t f o his purch: player He only wa Somers L1985 | fans was hang- batted Cleveland n. Wamby, as he so It replaced Napoleon Lajoie, one of most famous batsmen the game had known. pe Tohl, though, had e late divinity student. did not get away any I Orleans for Cotton pving another year Ild not hurt Wamby. bhnny Dobbs of ‘the replied: *1 do not know t to trade. Tt me have amby in a regular game.” phl accordingly stuck Bill e against Cincinnati at the Peli- | Bill accepted eleven bril- | park. confidence e took South In the spring of 1916 but | too well. Il finally decided to trade him m‘ Knaupp, | in the minors New Orleans that T chgneas without an error shree hits, hed Dobbs the second base on. Tf cve cinched, it w b completely that d to trade him for ar later. nce that .246, e s Bill's had deal ob w man as Bill. Jim Waml and time, 1916 he aisplaved his versatility | second, for | Chapman wg there at shor starring playing Ray s0 n inflelder by t and third, months when . performing weil t 2 look | in a and whereupon Fohl in- off for from posi- He cinched Dunn Derrill Pratt de- has bat- | the were reluctant to see him switch- vhen Chapm; 9 play games and played it well. iil had to leave the , Uncle Sam invitin ining camp. Bill lked he was transferred to camp where ¥ Indians him to go to | soldier- ho n recovered from h ed first b an won a second lieutenant. ki the war ended and made it pos for him to go back to bascball. Bill has been the Bast his winter meters for Ohio reading Ga Doaummdy aatrEin should he kick e officis e fielder an error ing a basc hit to Bill. OARSMEN TO MEET. scorer giving the op- instead his first season | Central | | | in | around, | { Jordon of | \ p and Placce of Annual Regatta to 13¢ Decided On Tomorrow. \ Falshington, March 19—Announce- i was mad National Association of smen would meet in New March e of the annual ake up the question of ciation teams to compete nz events at the Olympic nwerp in August. uffalo, Detroit, nd Worcest for the Mass., national 20 to decide the time regatta and sending | here last night that Amateur York and also in the games Duluth, Philadel- are regafta con- it oLn IK ACETRACK GOES. Yor » v@und racs over W track, ich for near g Arm for $675,000. BOWLING 19.—The old | Coney | vears Brooklyn handicap, a turf classic. run, yesterday was sold to a real many ino Bowling Alleys OPEN DAILY 10 A. pES* PATRONAGE BOIAICITED | Coach | A Victory. Means Lhampmnshm of Interscholastic League —That’s What Captain Bunny’s Men Mean to Secure—Game AtY.M. C. A. Gym. The basketball quintets of the New and Hartford High hools h for the second this toright when the Interscholastic be determined. Liritain will cla time champion- league will A son al victory the honor hieve coniidence s have, on the Y. M. uled to start o'¢lock. in probability for New first time Britain for in several vears, an which has been will be ¢ that the followers of the The mame will be staged A. court and is sched- promptiy ory No. 2. meeting of . the locals were r on the street court the Hartford schaool. The impressive nner in which New Biritain polished off their opponents on that oc jion seemed to indicate that the Capitol ¢ uld be e any time the te; lashed this ) . However, during the past week, the Joc have sustained a bhit of hard luck in the loss of Captain Bill Burn FORTY-OUT AT FORDHAM Baseball + previous 15 this seasc turned the victor Arthur Devlin Has Candidates Work Outdoors—Many Veterans Are Back, Including Stars New York, March 19.—Arthur Dev- lin, the Fordham university baseball coach, took advantage of the . mild eather yesterday afternoon to put his charg through their first out- door practice. session. Forty candi- dates reported for the initial drill, which lasted for two hours and in- cluded Doth batting and fielding. Finn, Halloran and MacNamara, ihq three veteran twirlers, each took a short turn on the mound along with Waters, a youngster from Wa- tertown, Ma and Culloton, who at- tained note at Ulster Academy The infield consisted of MecLough- lin of last vear's nine at first base, Cochran of Femington High school at second, Captain Lefevre at third and Start of Xavier High school at short. The most likely candidates for the outfield are Keough of the 1919 ag- gregation, Stocker of Fvander Childs Hizh school, Murly of Fordham Pre, lso of FEvander Childs and 3ill Buckley, star center fielder of last year's team, whose heavy batting ind perfect fielding formed a potent factor in Fordham's great record of 1919, SW TRACK RECORD. N Furlongs o' Light Runs Seven at Pinchurst in 1:29 4-5. . €., March 19.—A new hung up at yester- the Pinehurst o' Light, with en-furlong flat field in Pinehurs! k record w race neeting of club when Ray up, won the s a good-sized Jockey Atwell ts of the 2:12 pace time by David I%., Wilson, of Tyrone, three were avon in entered by George Pa nd driven Ed Wickert. Prince Pepper, a speedy black zelding, entered by 1. B. Burnham, of New York, failed to finish better than fifth in any of the heats, despite fairly recent record of 2:09 1-4, he fast GR Daremonth Opens Campaign to Raise | Plant. 19 Funds for Hanover, N. i1, March mouth’s campaign to rai to build a new athletic plant here a memorial to the 90 Dartmouth men who died in the World War vigurated yesterday with the mail )f circulars to the alumni. he financing of the enterprise will be done by the issuance of rial certificates, one for each ms the roll honor. Ten ce already have heen subscribed. of construction will start this two years will be required ii. The project calls for tic as n on icates Work o to the football and grand- stands tennis baseball fields and a to replace the in use. courts, concrete stand wooden now A. U. FIELD DAY, parade and field day U. will be held under the St. Francis T. A. & B orrington. on Saturday. wtions have been e of June 9. tended to the to participate A. & St. B. Ma M. 0- Cadets. ety Cadets, St. Paul's Tmmaculate Conception Guild Soaality. Y Ladic Cadets. Cadets, and Junior BASKETBALL TONIGHT. The basketball teams of the New Britain and MMiddletown Y. W. C. A. will clash this evening at the State ! Armory, in the deciding game for the | state girls' baskelball championship. Each quintet has a victory over tho ‘other. A fast battle is anticipated in the game between the New Britain Machine company and the Hendee Indians five of 8pringfield, Mass. Dancing will follow the games. 1eans that ht but not | the Hopkins | | his was in- 90 memo- | spring | { Wrie (Pa.), Joseph's | who was taken to the hospital on Monday to undergo an operation. The Old pirit Lives, But that old ew Britain epirit re- s and it sho clearer than ever en Hartford High e s to down ew Britain, which has been more quent in the last few years on the wsketball court than local rooters d for. However, with one of the t teams that has ever represented the local school, and despite Captain Burns’ absence tonizht. that five that will go forth to do battie with the Blue and White can be depended on to render a fine account of themselves. Hartford Going Strong. The Capitol City team has suf- fered varicus reverses during the sea- n, but thcy have also showed fine rit by sticking to it, and as the recent victory over New Haven would indicate. ‘=~ team is still able to put up a good battle. Locals' Lincup. e l' n ' s pabably start the game tonigh! with the following line- up: Bunny and Taylor, forwards: i Balock., Renehan and fr ST BOWLING RESULTS STANLEY WORKS LEAGU H. Schrodel Heath Hickey h: 85 494 ])vpn. 300. 87 S8 95 90 94 465 Miner Maher . Gauloff .. Morse . 93 94 102 87 95 454 471 Foremen. FEmmons Millrich Ely Dumm Kilduft Anderson W. Schrodel Marsh Johnson Bertini Dummy Wunch Anderson . Connors Hoffman Molyneux 80 414 146 Factory. McConn Gavitt \Inppuu: Room. Luebeck 101 | ‘Adelman | Merwin Wilcox Elliott 49 BASKETBALL: IN MIDDLE WEST. Chicago, March 19.—In the night games of the first round of the second al Middic West interscholastic >tball tournament held by' the University of Chicago, the Crawfors ville (Ind.) team defeated the Central High (Peoria, I1L.) five, 34 to 19. The Oak Park (TH.) Hdh school defeated 11 to TEARNEY CALLS MEETING. Chicago, March 19.—President Tearney, of the Three I league, issued a call for a schedule meeting to be held here Friday, March 26. ! The club owners favor the adoption of a 140-game schedule, opening the | season late in April or the first week in May. following local societics | OARDS TROUNCE ATHLETICS. San Benito, Texas, March 19. r, h. &t. Louls (N, L) ..... fiz812 Philadelphia (A. L) .. it 1 Batterles—Jacobs, Bolden, Clemons son and Perkins, Styles. HWARD FOOTBALL St Park, Md, Maryland State college’s football schedule for 1920 includes Rutgers, at New Brunswick, N, J,, October 2; Princeton, at Prineoton, N. J., Octo- ber 9: Byracuse university, at Syra- cuse, November 18, and Johns Hop- kins, st Baltimore, November 1EDCLE. Collega March 1 il has | t Sl o~~~y BE SuRE AnND NOTICE THE NUMBER. oF BeD- ' | Roormas— AnD crLoseTs- i - AND BATRH RoorMS Dion'T (Tl SEEM PRETTY NICE To GET To (VNG IN A HOUSE AGAIN L0QHING OUER OH- (TS A PEACH OF A PLACE-— You'tL UIKE IT LTS GoT A FINE BLLIARD Roorn — How> ABouT CLOSETS HAS A CLO.SET WINE You Tawxe NOTICE OF CLoss‘r ANIMATED CARTOONS BY “BRIGGS” AT THE LYCEUM EVERY WEEK (FIRST PART) | HOW - mMmAnNY BED RComs -, AnD BATAS You've WASTED Tue ENT(RE DAY LOOKING AT You SAW WAS A PoolL RoOM AND A WING CLOSET— FINE HELP A HOUSE AND ALL YoJ'RE A fi/?/;é§q ' I e e DODGERS BEAT YANKS Robbie’s Boys Show Up Strong With Willow, Making Nine Hits Off the Huggins H‘lel‘rfi—svoro Is 3 to O. Jacksonvilld, Fla., March 19.—The Brooklyn Dodgers are much worthie opponents for) world’s cham Robbie's Yankees South Side Park, shutting out the New Yorkers by a score of 3 crewf in the ion Yankees than the Cincinnati Reds. again defeated the impressive fashion at to 0 in the second game of their spring series. The Brooklyn more dangerous bats than lads much their | swung dia opponents from the Polo Grounds. The Dodgers again outhit the Yan- kees two to one; making nine safeties azainst only five, for the Yankees. The Brooklyn men met the hall more sol- idly and apparently with more confi- d a ence. Rube Marquard and were 1so and again t them. and the only Marquard in better form Yankee pitchers. former Pirate used curve Al Mamaux than the Both Rube and the after curve, Yankees fell before went four innings time the Yanks got to he base on the Rube was, in the second inning, h Wi New to the N shortly as footha F im for when singles. s only a seratch. Ruth and Vick jolted However, Vick's hit BOB FOLWELL TALKS Football Coach at Annapolis Announces Successral Dobie System Will Be Continued. Annapolis olwell | after all e late come a Navy that W a e a he armly nd athl Folwell Doble, oach s many would r academy than received by etic a his predecessor, was a great and that he would make changes in his system of play. added that he favored the playing of big games as possible and approved of next season with Princeton. West Point, Lafayette and Georgetown. fl in County w BANKERS HELD UP. Dublin, March [in the south has 1 counter movae. eacortod Munster and Leinstor bank from Tip- cinls ane hero a | and Dillhoefer, Kinney; Naylor, Pear- | Perary to a sub-offico Limerick, cattle falr members of the escort weont. on horseback, Md., March 19.—Talking Academy football squad ing a contract to act Bob University of that he had be- n all over. He added ther coach at the anywhere else. He was the midshipmen authorities. lso said that oach for the one year, of said ma Gilmour Tew He the Navy s achedule for which includes games 19.—The hold-ups of Ireland of bank of- ed to an Interesting A party of 30 clvil- two officinls of the at Galbally, nine miles dlstant, wns held, Two in front remainder, and the followed !n cars, BUCKNELL Lewlsburg, Dorris, of Nantleoke, FIVE ELEC P, March Pu., DORRIS, 19,—Ray has heen elacted captain of the Bucknoll col- lege baskatball -, team for next v UNIQUE CEREMONIES FEATURE IN l’[llANIll Wedding Ring Tossed Intp Sea' Symbolic of Victory Warsaw, March 19.—Tossing of a wedding ring into the ocean marked ceremonies recently held at Pyck, or Putzig, to celebrate the reuniting of Poland to the sea, an event of which all of Poland had dreamed for many ! vears. Polish troops in their worth- ward march on their own soil, ided under the Treaty of Ve S, had reached the coastline of the Bal- tic and begun to make themselves at home in the stretch of land, ilorth- st of Danzig. This brought Poland alt water again, after an absence of 148 years While Folish ships are to have' use of wharves at Danzig, which is to be a free port under the League of tions, the new republic is desirohis of a port which it may call its very! own, and it is with this end in view that | h government has settled up- on Puck, a site of the port where in the £y Poland m: e ptae commercial access to the sea uUnder jurisdictjon of its own officials. | It was at the seaside near Puck where formal exercises marking| Po- land’s reunion to the sea were vele- brated the other day and it way a great event. Thousands from all pver Poland assembled in holiday attire to commemorate the historical ocecur- rence, and ulso the recovery of Pglish land which went to Prussia after ‘s first dismemberment Ly the ree conquerors, Prussia, Russia and Austria, in 1772, Goneral Haller, chief of the Polish during the Great commander-in- army in Fr war and HATS ond CAPS Na- - s it is spelled in Polish, as | ture free | FOR SPRING SOLD BY ASHLEY- Babcock Co. whom thousands of Polish-Americans fought, headed the military expedi- (ion which entered Puck to reclaim in the name of President Pilsudski, Poland’s gateway to the seven seas. The towns, and all the villages there- abou were decorated with thou- of flags and streamers of the Polish national colers, in white and scarlet, which were flying in ‘these parts for the first time in a century and & half. There was' a race of the detach- ments of Polish soldiers to actually reach the coast and to be the first to dip a Polish flag into the waters of the Baltic. Speaking at the exercises, General Haller said that from that day hence- forth the seas of the world were open to the Polish sailor and that the Polish seamen would be quick | to make the best of it Then, in accord- ance with an old Polish tradition, Genera] Haller threw a gold ring in- to the ocean as a sign that Poland had Dbeen wedded to the sea, this time, he said, he hoped forever and forever. Plans ready u MUST PRODUCE OPIUM Chinese Farmers Forced to Plant Poppics and Are Fined for Carrying Out Their Orders. Faochow, March 9.—Reports that have been received recently from mi for a Polish navy are al- sionary workers in various parts of Fukien province tell of an organized movement to force Chinese farmers to plant pappy for the production of opium. It is charged that this prp- ject is being directed by the militaty authorities. The farmers, say the re= have been notified by this so- that they will be fined accor€ ing to a fixed scale for planting opium, and official circulars on the subject are said to be so worded as.to carrw the hint that grave consequences | await all those who fail to become subject to the fines and so aid rev= enues of the province. WORLD'S BIGGEST BLIMP” Yarda Will Build Across Philadelphia Navy Biggest and Then Fiy It Ocecan. Philadelphia, March 19. — Tdde world’s largest dirigible will be builtg at the Philadelphia navy yard. In it a company of navy men will ats | tempt flight across the Pacific. Fifty-two draftsmen gave their services to the work of designing the | 8reat airship. Work will soon be be- i sun on the plans. It will be developed along hnes similar to the R-34 which made the | successful trans-Atlantic flight. The dirigible will weigh about 33 and will have a carrying. cas ) tons. 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