New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 15, 1921, Page 8

ISLAUS ZBYSZKO DEFEATS JOE STECHER IN WRESTLING BOUT AFTER TWO HOURS OF FAST WORK—RICKARD SAYS CARPENTIER WILL ARRIVE I ERICA ABOUT MAY 1, TO START TRAINING FOR DEMPSEY CHAMPK/WSHIP MILL—NEW BRITAIN INDEPENDENTS DEFEAT SIMSBURY TEAM—BOWLING A BOWLERS FROM 0. 0.F. ion Team Takes Three! Games at Rogers' Alleys M. C. A. bowling team de- team of Odd Fellows last Rogers Recreation alloys, hree straight games. Camp- | the best performer for the et, rolling the high single | ® and topping the list with | three string mark of 209 rolled well for the Court f. Other games at the alleys en teams in the Stanley ) Casino alleys the Russwin 4 forth ren ROGERS ALLEYS, SPECIAL MATC Y. < A Vallants, | through | tract.” 384 se— 17 | Smith 0 0 INO ALLEYS LEAGUE, 370 3701101 | Aeheaback | Carpentier, Zink Ehle Branhall BY STAN. ZBYSZKO —————— "I Giant Pole Wears Down Speedy BARP EN"ER Tfl BE Nebraska Grappler IN AMERICA MAY | e French Heavyweight Will Start Training for Dempsey Bout New York, March 15.—Before a crowd of 7,000 fans who gathered in the Seventy-first regiment armory last night Stanislaus Zbyszko, the giant Pole, threw Joe Stecher of Nebraska in two hours sixteen minutes and ten seconds with wrist and crotch hold. | It was a sensational ending of a bout that had been hard fought all the way from the start. Only five min- 15.—Georges | utes before the end Stecher appeared France's war hero and 'to have the Pole at his mercy with European boxing idol, will come to 'a body scissors hold which he re- this country by May 1, to prepare for | tained for more than four minutes. his world's heavyweight championship | When Zbyszko finally wriggled free battle against Jack Dempsey, the ti- | from the grip he suddenly dived at tleholder, which will be held July 2, | the Nebraskan, caught him by the at o place yet to be selected. Tex | wrist and reached down, got a crotch Rickard, who has assumed responsi- i hold, and with his great strength bility for promoting the battle, ye 1 hurled Stecher to the mat and pinned terday made this declaration follow- | his shoulders down. Ing receipt of word from a close per- There was not so much difference sopal friend of Carpentier that the French boxer had arranged his plans to this end. Carpentier's friend ac- quainted Promoter Rickard with the contents of a letter in which the Eu- ropean heavyweight champion di- vulged a complete itinerary of his en- New York, March as had been expected, owing largely to the fact that the giant Pole had | undergone a strenuous campaign of ! training. His weight |@s 219, and Stecher weighed 208. | Zbyszko was in better form than he gagements up to the date he is sched- | had been since his return to the mat. uled to leave for America. | He had made an heroic sacrifice of Rickard was emphatic in his denial | flesh to get down to something like of the rumors that there was a hitch human size, for it was said that he in the bout. The promoter was at a | had left approximately fifty pounds loss to account for the reports which | gomewhere along the route where he were based on the probability of Car- | did his road work. The Pole was pentier refusing to agree to box |evidently quite sincere in his desire Dempsey unless his original guaran-,to get back to the position he tee of $200,000 was forthcoming. It | cupfed in wrestling before he went to was sald Rickard was contemplating | war, a trip abroad and was preparing to But in spite of this improved condi- leavp within a few days. In‘denying |tion Zbyszko employed his habitual his reported sailing, Rickard also de- | tactics. Early in the match he gave clared that he was prepared to ®0 | warning that he intended to wear with the original arrange- i down his more sprightly opponent and ment as concerned Carpentier’s guar- | then attempt to crush him. From antee, in the event the Frenchman |the very outset he was on the defen- refused to agree to a percentage Prop- | give but had no opportunity to make |in the weights of the two grapplers | was announced | oc- | I Ain’t It a Grand and Glorious F eeimg ! WHEN YoU HAVE HAD A CINDER wHICH FEELS AS LARGE AS A KHEN'S EGG IN YouR EYe - AND You VE. RUBBED 'T AND POKED AT 1T WITH A HANDKERCHIEF WHEN - --- SOME How You winkk NYourR EME Yo» QGIVE A START " — AND IN DESPAIR ARE JysT STARTING FOR A DoCcToR To TAKE T AND HAD T PEERED AT BY AN AMATEUR 1 CANT SEE A THING Yov WINK: FURIOUSLY To MAKE SURE [T IS TRuUE - AvD LO Y The CINDER 1s GoNE AIN'T AND QL-L-LOR10US FEELIN'T® | and rushed at | ighting he never had a chance, Bren- ! almost osition for his end. “Carpentier will be here by May 1 to begin training for the bout, as is provided in his contract,” ard. “The original contract stipulat- ed that the boxers must be on the ground training for the contest at least two months prior to the date of en- tering the ring. This contract still is binding so far as T am concerned, for, while I intend to try to Induce Car- pentier to box on a percentage basis, 1 am, nevertheless, ready to produce his $200,000 guarantee if he demands the conditions of the original con- Rickard would not disclose his plans for the location of the bout. He is still workinrg on this phase of the con- test and his plans are not in a con- dition which would permit disclosure. It is possible, however, that Rickard will within a few days announce the complete detalls. Rickard spent part of yesterday afternoon in a discussion of the beut with Bob Edgren of Cal- ifornia, who has been selected as ref- eres for the battle. Edgren arrived here from the coast late in the after- noon At the conclusion of the con- ference Rickard declared he had sim- ply discussed informally the general, aspects of the match and that “there was absolutely nothing new.’ DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS K. O0.'D. Continues to Battle Brennan After Sponge Was Tossed. in Johnson said, bolden other players to take chances. “We have been hapdicapped by the | change in administration of the state’'s attorney’'s office tion of the criminal court ch 15.—Sergeant Ray Havana, M outclassed | Smith, although hopelessiy by Bill Brennan here last night was ady to continue the unequal battle after his seconds had thrown a towel into the ring. Not knowing that his handlers had given “up the fight, Smith, who had been sent to the floor after two minutes of fighting in the third round, rose at the count of nine his opponent He was stopped by his seconds, however, and | | led to hia corner. - The fight was fast from heginning to end but while Smith forced the nan landing straight lefts to the face | at will and In tho clinches | pounding his opponent hard in the stomach | As Smith went down in the third round from a right to the jaw, his seconds gave the signal of defeat RED SOX OUTFIELD, Duffy Picks Collins, Leibold and Hen- | dryx for Positions, March 15.—Harry Leibold, and Tim Hendryx will serve the Boston Red Sox as right center and left flelders respectively during the coming season, dispatches from the Hot Springs training grounds sald today i Manager Duffy's decision to use Collins an outficlder depends upon whether Stuffy McInnis reports for duty as first baseman, the dispatches sald. If McInnis, who now is a hold- out, dees not appear, it is expected that Collins will replace him at first Boston, John Collins | base b3 177 230 , 220 26 | 263 170 WILL HAVE PISTOL TEAM. Harvard Marksmen Are to Compete his weight and bulk tell against Nebraskan. the mat. ized tell | dictments, Charles ment son who lost ‘erooked ger thrown Nims out of the office. Harvard Baseball the There was little advantage not force the Pole to Several times he had him the use of sheer BAN JOHNSON TALKS American Leaguc President Says State Is Responsible for Delay In Trial of Indicted Players, March Chicago, 15.—Nesponsibility for delay in the trial of the indicted players and others in scandal was thrown upon the state by President Johnson of | league in a today. been no controversy the postponement ing yesterday cases had not been bungled when th first the baseball the statement made public He declared there would have such as caused of the open hear- until Thursday if the came up before the grand jur: “It would be a calamity to organ- baseball if these cases resulted a flasco for lack of evidence,” “because it would em- the conges docket." Henry Berger representing Abe At- and others mentioned in the in- told Judge Dever Nims, named in the indict- for technical reasons as a per- $250 in a wager on the seried’ had come to his ice and offeted to “sell out.” Ber- dded that his assistant had and by JENNINGS INJURED | Assistant Manager of the Giants Sus- | Rib by | tains Slight Fracture of Thrown Ball in Practice, San Antonio, Texas, March 15.— { Hughey Jennings, assistant manager | of the Glants, is the unhappy possess- |.or of a slight fracture of a rib on his Teft sid | entific magic of an X-ray photograph Jennings | hard-thrown ball, but had attributed | the more pain increased and a sleepless period last expert examination this morning. His activity will be curtailed, but not ah- solutely eliminated for some come. revealed today by 'the sci- was hit in the side by a discomfort to nothing than a brui The resulting important night him to induced submit to days to SECONDS TIE VARSITY. Substitutes Regulars, 2 1o 2. Cambridge. Mass., Marc for said Rick- | efther man during the first hour on | Stecher was the aggressor | throughout, and he displayed far more spced as well as a greater diversity of holds, but, in spiteMof his clever- ness he could the mat. on the way to defeat, but Zbyszko got | away from him each time, on one or two occasions by strength. American ! that | Hold | LOCAL GIRLS WIN New Britain Independents by Brilliant Exhibition Down Simsbury In That Place—Will Play Herc Tonight. The New Independents girls’ basketball team defeated the Simsbury team in that place last night in a sizzling battle, 16 to 12. It was the :cond time this season that the Simsbury girls lost on the home court. For a time it looked as though the In- dependents were in for a lacing, the Simsbury misses registering seven " points before the locals broke the scoring ice. When the Independents get started, however, the fans w one of the best exhibitions of team work that h been turned in this year. Miss Cahill and Miss Biel- man were the scoring stars for the winners, contributing the 16 points. The guarding of Miss Scharff and Miss Rhodes proved too much for the Sims- bury forwards, who were unable to score a tally. The Independents will play the New Departute company team of Bristol in the preliminary game 1o the Kaceys-New Britain Ma- chine company city championship ser- ies which opens tonight at the Arch street armory. Last night's summary: New Britai Cahill Britain Simsbury. S . McIntyre right forward. Crilly Roberts | Bielman . A. O'Donnel Rhodes ..N. O'Donnell Scharfr Rust left guard. New Britain 16, Simsbury 12: field goals, Cahill 3, Bielman 4, Rhodes 1, A. O'Donnell 4, Rust 1; foul goals, A. O'Donnell 2; referee, Daley; timer, Bielman. PLAYERS HURT. ARE Lebourveau Slightly In- jured in Practice Games. Philadelphia, March 15.—Jimmy Dykes, second baseman of the Phila- delphia Americans who was struck on the point of the elbow by a pitched ball in yesterday’'s contest with the St. Louis Nationals at Orange, Tex., probably will be out of the game for a week, it was learned here today. An examination has not shown any bones broken. Word from the Philadelphia N ' tional's camp at Gainesville, Fla., to the effect that the injury to Dew Lebourveau's ankle received in prac- ‘tice yesterday will keep him off the [ field about a week also Dykes and WILLIAMS ELECTS CAPTAIN. Williamstown, Mass John E. Wilson of Wes ber of the junior class, captain of the Williams team for next vear at a meeting of the “W' men, held here last night. | Wilson has played a strong game in ! the back court tor the Purple five for 4 mem- was elected basketball I f *succeeding John Kellison, it was an- MEUSEL REINSTATED. Hard Hitting Infielder Reaches Train- ing Camp and Is Put to Work. Shreveport, the long, lean and hard hitting Bob Meusel here and out for practice a few hours after arrival from dear old Los Amngeles, the Yankee infield situa- tion became more complicated today. After a savage rain and wind storm, savage enough to blow or wash away all of Louisiana not nailed down, the sun came out in the afternoon hot enough to dry out anything not at the bottom of the sea, and the Yankees had a beneficial post meridian prac- tice. Everything is all right, not to say calm and serene, between Meusel and the club, He was suspended yesterday for failure to let himself be heard from by a certain time, but explained to Huggins today that he was en route at the time the ultimatum was sent. The explanation was satisfac- tory and he was reinstated. ARGENTINE WANTS CUP. Challenge Js Received From That Country for Davis Cup Match. New York, March 15.—Receipt of a Davis cup challenge from Argentina was announced by the U. S. Lawn Tennis association, the day for clos- ing of the entry list. This is the first time in the history of the Davis Cup that a South Amer- ican country has entered competition. The Argentine challenge was the 12th. G. P. HART LOSES AT GOLF. Local Player Is Downed In Match ‘With New Jcrsey Star. (Special to the Herald.) Montelair, N. J., March 15.—George P. Hart, representing New Britain/in the Spring golf tournament at Pine- hurst has been defeated in the sec- ond round of the consolation matches by E. H. Wiswell, of Montclair. Mr. Hart qualified for the third sixteen in the annual event, but was defeated in the first round of match play. PENNOCK JOINS RED SOX. Manager Duffy Still Awaiting Word From Four Players. Hot Springs, Ark., March 15.—Herb Pennock, veteran pitcher, reported to the Boston American league bascball elub at their spring training camp here yesterday. Manager Duffy has received no word from Mclnnis, Vick, Myers and Menosky, who are hold- ing out for increased salaries. ATHLETIC DIRECTOR APPOINTED Marietta, Ohio, March 16.—DPercy W. Griffiths of Scranton, Pa., for- mer Pennsylvania State college foot- ball player. has been appointed ath- letic director of Marietta college here, nounced yesterday. Kellison recent- ly resigned to become athletic direc- tor at Washington and Jefferson. La, March 15.—With | LEWIS BEATS PERRY. Detroit, March 15.—Kid Lewis of [ last night. Lewis took eight New York outpointed Jack Perry of | and two were even. 2 «. T ‘wd“\;‘w‘x We heard a pretty girl remark that a certain young man was most generous about bringing her candy, but that he always brought a kind she didn't Pittsburgh in a ten round bouf like, made by somebody she had never heard 'of. Q The famous Kibbe Buffet Box pictured above is guaranteed to gladden the heart of any young lady. 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