New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 25, 1921, Page 9

MERIDEN QUINTET l Men’s Half Hose, 7 pr. for $1.00_ Children’s Underwear, Shirts and BEATEN AT POLO. Disagrecable Weather Keeps At- - tendance Down in Opener Beforé a crowd of 100 polo enthus- asts the New Britain team of the re- ently “formed Connecticut league pwned the Meriden five at Profes- Onal hall last night. The extreme ther no douit had a tendency to 0ep the attendance down, but there as genuine old time interest shown Py those in attendance. which ine luded several of the fair vex. One feature last night was the chifly tmowphere inside the hall, Manager '‘etersof told the writer that he was t respopstiie for this, and that jereaftor this ugpleasant condition oceur. When it is figured ut thgt arrangements were made iu ¥ hours for the opening of the it will be accepted that the nent did fairly well. Added t and heating conditions will ® the hall good for the games in 8 “future. Delaney Makes Address. [The mport wae formally tnaugurated Postmastet Wiltiams 1. Delaney o a brief address. He touched the interest digplayed in the game Past years. HMNe also told of the rd the local beys have made on rink, and that it wae in the in- t of the gamerather than from a rcenary motive, that they were at- ting to creaté interest in the e that will make it e to os- plish the sport en a greater scale next season. Visitors Are Outplayed. s far as the game last night is con- eod, the locals had an easy time ning the Stiver City qumtet, 11 to Nelligan and Clinton showed up or the visitors. The Fueari thers, with MeAloon, Bayer and lor, comprised the local team. Al on was unabie to enter the e owing to a t injury sus. 28 Hanover Park. n‘b—hy night, the speedy New oam will play at the Arch 1) There will b a prolimin. me between the Taxi Drivers he Church street. J. Naughton officlated as o8 last night, and he gave satis- o, Wiltiam F. Delaney was time- 1 ) o summary: Meriden. joon Nelligan First Rush. sari Clinton Second Rush. ri Ives, Grinnel " Center. McCarthy Halfback. Knowliton McAloon J. Fusary J, Fusari in es, Nelligan 11, MocAloon Knowiton 42; Bayer 31; aughton; timer, Delaney. ‘6; ret- 'ANT SPEEDY ACTION Paescs Packer Oontrol Bill and Will Act on Measure Now Ington, Jan. 26.—With a par. ory won in the senate’'s adop- he measure by a margin of 13 roponents of the Gronna bill eral regulation of the meat and other agencies of the today were laying obtain final action by the fore adfournment. A special 4 Mo measure right of way h gislation will be sought. IVE hearings already have ld by the house agricultural 00 on packer legislation. DAL WAVE OF TRIUMPH ! YorkFamus'm g 69th” AFTERNOON anuary 30th THEATER Good quality. ribbed cotton, all sizes Men’s Wool Sport Hose, 2 pairfor .............. $1.00 Drawers, Musgrove heavy .. 80¢ Children’s Union Suits, all sizes, Men’s Mercerized Lisle Hose, 50c value, 3 pair $1.00 Men’s Heavy Hose, 4 pr. $1.00 Men’s Overalls, a pair 87Y%¢ 98¢ Children’s Wool Union Suits Children’s Hose, 4 pair .. $1.00 Men’s Overalls, $2.25 value Men’s Blue and Black TURKISH TOWELS Working Shirts ...... $1.25 Ji)b Lot Men’s Union Good size, 7T for ......... $1.00 Large bath size, double thread, Suits ................ $1.75 Men’s Shirts and Drawers (heavy quality) each ... 75¢ 2 TOT RN i ... $1.00 8 yards good toweling for $1.00 Homespun toweling, yard .. 22¢ Men’s Winsted Under- wear,each ........... $1.75 Men’s Colored Handkerchiefs, good old D. Miller quality .......... YALE BEATEN AGAIN Orcacent Athletic Club Takes An Un- interesting Contest, 31 to EW's Home Court. New Haven, Jan. 26.—~The Crescent 18 on | | 1 10¢ EACH Turkish toweling, by yard 20¢ The D. Milleg 26 CHURCH STR Wednesday O 9x12 Axminster Rugs, value $75.00, Wednesday 9x12 Brussels Rugs . ... 9x12 Wool and Fibre Rugs, plain color 54 yard wide, Aubison Stair Carpet . .. 27 irch "Wool anid Fihre Stair Carpet, value $1.75 for $ Rag Rugs, all colors, value $1.50, at ..... Printed Linoleum, value $1.25, at ..... Window Shades, all colors, oil opaque . Sunfast Holland Shades ... Comfortables, value $8.00, for ... $6.50 All Serim and Net Curtain reduced 20% for Wednesd 2, Fine Madras for Curtain Serim, 10 yds. for $1.00 Mercerized Marquisette for Cur- tains ...... 25¢ TO 39¢ YD. Mercerized Table Damask, 2 yds. wide, fine quality ... 98¢ YD. Men’s White Handkerchiefs, 6¢, 5 for 25¢ Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s Umbrellas at low- est prices in city. Curtains eveeiee... 8150 — 8 $4.50 valul Ladies’ old fashion and Pants always i Mary Pickford 'Aprot Elastic Belt Apronsi;: Percale . .. Billie Burke House | 50 at 6 high grade Sewing Machines t cost. . Rotary and 2 spool. BASKETBALL TONIGHT New Britain and Middletown Kaceys to Play at State Armory—Mangan Arvanging Games. The New Britain and Middletown Athletic club five last night wenm its | Kaceys will meet at the State Armory eighteenth straight game, defeating Yale in an exhibition contest, 31 to 18. Yale's team play was not im- pressive, while Orson Kinney, a for. mer Yale star, and Montigue, former- ly of Princeton, were in rare form for the victors. The line-up: Orescent A. O. (31) Kinney Yale (18) * Bather Left Forward. Parmelee Ohley Right Forward. McTigue Alderman Center Griffin Peck Left Guard. Stewart Flynn Right Guara. Goals from floor, Kinney, 1, Mc- Tigue 2, Stewart 3, Griffin 2, Ohley , Alderman 1, Peck 1, Flynn 1. Goals from fouls, Kinney 5, Stewart 2, Al- derman 6. Substitutions — Crescent. Stannard for Parmaleo, Stmms Yor Griflin, Nick- las for Kinney, Grifin for Simms, Kinney for Nicklas, Nicklas for Stew- art, Stmms for Griffin, Parmelee for ftannard. Yale: Adams for Flynn, Cooper for Peck, Peck for Coeper, Sheldon for Balther, Referee—Peter P. Carney. Time of halves, 20 minutes. DATO CONSIDERING mish Premior Will; Decide Today #f He Wil Organizg New ©Oabinet Madrid, Jan. 5.~Premier Dato, whoee eabinet resigned vesterday was expacted today to give King Alfonzo his final answer as to whether he would constitute a new ministry. Ef- forts to secure the latent support of Uberal groups continued yesterday afternoon and evening and the opinion was expressed that Dato might be able to form i new combination which would enable him to remain in power, PAGE JIMMY VALENTINE Brindell Defendants Say They do Not Knew Combination of Safes New York, Jan. 25.—~Two steel safes believed to contain | game. 1 t l this evening. 1t will not be a league The locals have but one more league battle to econtest, with Terry- ville, and this game will be played here next Tuesday night. The locals will go te Bristol tomorroew night, and on Saturday night the team meets the New Haven Kaceys at New Haven. The preliminary game tonight will be between the Russell and Erwin and the Corbin Screw corporation girls’ teams. This will be a regularly scheduled league contest. On the completion of the Kaceys league schedule, the team will play independent games until March. Man- ager Lawrence P. Mangan is ar- ranging fer a series with the Tart- rford Kaceys. Games will also be played with the Ka¢eys of Torring- ton and Waterbury, and early next month a game will be played here with the Middletown Y. M. C. A. five. BACOK WITH WIDE'S SCALP Herman Reteras from England Eager to Meet Lynch Again New York, Jan. —Pete Herman of New Orleans, former world's ban- tamweight champien, returned home yesterday on the Carmenia, fresh from his knockout victory over Jimmy Wilde in a bout in London, Jan. 13, and eager to secure 2 return match aguinst Joe lynch, the west side lad who relteved Herman of the midget title the night before he sailed for England. - Herman probably will start im- mediately on & campaign for a return bout agninst Lyneh. He had little to add to the cabled reports of his vie- tory over Wilde, the sensational little English fiyweight, whom he stopped in the seventeenth round of a scheduled twenty-round bout, HARVARD IN MEMORIAL MEET Cambridge; Mass, Jan. 25.—Har- vard, providing the athletic commit- tee approves, will enter two relay teams in the memorial meet which the Second Division of the American Legion is cénducting in New York on March 11. The Harvard and Yale track meet, whioh is to be | Bristol 10 PLAY WEST ENDS Manager Kiernan Arranges Game Be- tween American Legion Five Speedy Bristol Team. Manager Francis J. Kiernan of the American Legion team has booked the fast West End A. C. five to play at the Arch street armory Friday night. The record of the Bell City five stamps . it as oneé of the best in the state. With the visitors will be Dumschott, Sheehey and McNamara, who played here with the Waterbury Kaceys last Friday night. The other players are Carpenter and Osborn. Johnny Barton will play in Captain Edwards’ place. It is being arranged to have a preliminary game between a picked local girls’ team and either the Aetna or Travelers team of Hartford. and AMERICAN . PAIR LOSE. { Derapsey was an { WILLARD IN NEW YORK Kansan Beaming With Smiles, Ex- presses His Confidence in Coming Bout With Champion Dempsey. New Yeork, Jan. 25.—Beaming with smiles that radiated the confidence he expressed in his ability to ‘‘come back” Jess Willard one-time heavy- weight boxing champion, began search today for training quarters for his prospective match here with Jack Dempsey cn March 17. The tall Kansan who now tips the scales at 240 pounds arrived in fown last night and had a lengthy confer- ence with Tex Rickard the promoter, He said he had been in light train- ing for several weeks. In his typical quiet drawl Willard declared his defeat at the hands of accident” I am satisfied I can beat him. I was unfor- tunate at Toledo but you know set- backs come in the life of every man Tilden and Jolmston Are Downed By | For instance vou can’t name a ball Brookes and O'Hara. Sydney, N. 8 W, Jan. 25.—In & series of tennis matches here vester- day between the American Da Cup playvers and local cxperts, William M. Johnston defeated Wood in the singles, 6—2, 10—8, while R. W. Heath won from Watson M. Washburn, 6—2, 6—4. In the doubles Norman E ! player who plays year in, vear out, without missing a fly ball now and then. T missed a high fly at Toledo.” Willard indulged a guffaw that shook his sides when he was asked if he wanted to fight Dempsey in ov- Patrick O'Hara [ ger to replenish his financial store “T wish T did have less,” he said “maybe 1 wouldn’'t be bothered so much with income taxes. T don’t Brooks { care about the purse: all T want is a and O'Hara Wood defeated William ! chance to show the public that I am T. Tilden and Johnston, 6—3, 8—6., petter fighter than Dempsey.” T—5. BEHLE IN POST WITH REDS Takes Place of Bancroft. Who is Pensioned by Herrmann Cincinnati, Jan. 25.—Frank DBehle, for many yvears prominent in semi- pro and amatuér baseball circles in this city, will succeed the veteran Frank Bancroft as business manager of the Cincinnati National league baseball club. This announcement was made today by President August Hermann. Ban- croft will be retired on a substantial pension as a reward for his 30 years of faithful service with the local Na- tional league club. CAVANAUGH A LECTURER Newton, Mass., Jan. 25.—Major Frank Cavanaugh, coach of the Dos- ton college football team that feated all opponents last g TRIP FOR LLIAMS NINE. Purple Team to Open Scason Games in South. Williamstown, Mass., Jan. 25.—Ior the first time since the war began the Williams nine wil! take a South- ern trip this spring, accerding to the schedule announced. \ The list shows a total of twenty-two games, with Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Penn and Dartmouth among the opponents to be faced. Lafayette, Boston College and the Connecticut Aggies are in- cluded among the newcomers on the Purple’s slate. The schedule foliows: April 7, Georgetown at Washington; 8, Willlam and Mary at Williamsburg: 9, Annapolis at Annapolis; 11, Vir- ginia at Charlottesyille; 12, Pennsyl- vania at Philadelphia, L With de- } at Easton; 16, West f | ored teams had joined, .the old home of the Whi SOME CLOUT “Babe” Ruth Will Hit Ball in New York that Finally Lands in Frisco for K. of C. Funds. *35.—Babe Ruth all from New York, Jan. this summer will bat a base Baltimore to San Francis clear across the conmtinent, if the staff of scientists volunteering to make calcu- lations for the Knights of Columbus Pronounces the plan feasible, Ruth himself a Knight, desires to follow up the recent appeal of Charles Gib- bons for K. of C. support for his almu mater, St. Mary's Industrial School, Baltimore, but he cannot appear be- for the Supreme Council of the K. of C., which meets in San Francisco the first week in August. So the plan is for Babe's drive to be relayed across the continent. It is estimated* that 150,000 men and boys could relay the sphere over the 3,000 miles, and in desert and moun- tain country obliging locomotive crew men could catch and carry the ball through difficulties. JAIL FTOR THROWING GAME Oklahoma Measure Provides Penal- ties for Bascball Crooks Oklahoma City, Okla., Jan. 23.—A bill making it a misdemeanor for any baseball player or person connected with an organized baseball team to “throw” a game, was introduced in the lower house of the Oklahoma Legislature vesterday. Fines ranging from $100 to $1,000 and jail sentences of 30 to 120 day for each offence are provided. T MAY INVADE CHICAGO. Chicago, Jan. 25.—The new Con- tinental baseball contemplates in- vading Chicago, it was learned today when a letter was received from Sec- retary George M. Riley, inviting the American Giants, a colored profes- sional team to join the new circuit. The letter stated that two strong col- the Boston Tigers and the Knoxville Giants and two more colored teams were sought by the organization. Twe giants own the grounds at Chicago which were Sox." & PALMER NIGHT May Be N C9a der Trial in Harlan, Ky., sions of court Judge W. T. H if necessary end of this we testimony in ‘Winnes, formeg the murder of Pine Mountain The little ceo with the settle | tain district Rufus Wilson, ent of the cons Pine Mountain last night. Fro scene where Mi body was foun son pointed oul prison camp hd work on the ro covered 300 yd and at that t convicts were BEFORE S| | Hughes and Counsel in Washington, Evans Hughes, supreme court and Georga Wi attorney gene! posing counsel today. The cas the suit of the against the sta prevent constr sewer to carry ig sewage from g the latter state. Mr. Hughes the state of Ne! Wickersham will of New Jersey. HARD] Cruising About . Playing ! Rockledge, i hero early clect larg expected tho southy sengers