New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 24, 1922, Page 8

NEW RRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1922, ? SILVER MEDAL PRESENTED TO BILL MASSEY FOR BIG BOWLING SCORE — ATLAS QUINTET PREPARES FOR GAME HERE TOMORROW NIGHT, BY ; DOWNING WATERBURY KACEYS — LOCAL FANS FAVOR HUTCHISON TO DEFEAT KAPLAN AT MERIDEN — ANOTHER OF THOSE “HOPES” FOUND S B . ‘BILL' MASSEY GETS A SILVER MEDAL Fussell & Erwin Star Rewarded | for Record Score on Allegs William D. Massey, Russell and Erwin Nowling league, was pleasantly tur- prised last night at Rog alleys Just before the usual Thursday night games were started, TIsaac . Bl called the bowlers together and in a congratulatory speech he presented “BiN" with a handsome silver medal Although there has been a veil of doubt existing at the ctory for a few days, that Massey registered 145 score at the alleys last Saturday night, affidavits were presented to ghow that the report was authentic. During the games last n'ght, Mr. Massey wore his gift proudly around his neck, while he knocked the pins all over the alleys—sometimes. The scores of last night's matches: New Britain Opticians. Joy .. Reddell Potts .. A. .\eru!ra F. McGuire .... coach of the I"'oremen’s Club 258 258 278 268 208 447 4“-’1%0 H. & L. Opticians, Hartford. Rice . 96 Tripp 74 Bergen 82 Thompson 81 Cowles .. 83 416 R. & E. FOREMEN Peanuts. ..100 259 237 252 LEAGUE. 83 85 86 75 88 91— 76— 2 81— 81— Relly ..... A. Andrus ..... 79 R. Andres e P. Burkhardt .. 68 Harmon 81 399 417 ‘Walnuts. &5 79 90 415—1231 84 89 54 65 77 100 396 422 Allnuts. 92 56 . 90 76 88 . .96 86 410 414 Hazelnuts, Schilling ....... 92 84 Scott .. .. 80 89 Meyers ... oo AbI - HBS Powell ... 97 87 T4— 258 Parker ........107 85 85— 277 451 413 402—1266 Cocoanuts. Kilduft ........ 84 84 Shanahan ...... 68 81 MacKay .. G 0s (L 70 Robb .. . 90 88 ‘Watkins .. 91 91 409 414 Hardnms. 80 4 92 80 80 424 406 Butternuts. T4 80 85 94 87 87 96 69— 82— 76— 65— 195 82— 259 — | 374—1192 | 238 250 250 Zeigler r-. Shea . Gold Dummy - Tracy 83 6 81 79— 79— 83— 80— 107— 428—12 254 211 254 244 289 Darnsteadt Black .... Kalish . Ralph Dixon 5 82— 93— 68— 258 262 211 79— 15— 76— 221 75— 253 104— 286 412—1231 247 224 242 231 85— 80— Coney Anderson Johnson Maynard Barnard .. Jewitt ... McCue Tomlin Tobin Trask 429 417 Hickorynuts. Grise g o fl“ 69 Hiltpold A 73 W Burkhardt. 97 Saunders o H Mr. Massey .... 64 84— 83— 378 386 LANDERS GIRLS Maple . 63 46 29 E. Tucker .. L. Snyder . D. Latham .. Dummy ..... D. Malona J. Jackson 1. Swanson M. Sanderson 309 201 Spruce . McConn ¥ [»ohrr‘n\\r-wl Young . . Wiegand . Kahms Andecs Jackson . Gritzmacker m 105 VIRING CLUB LEAGUE Tens Johlinson brink Selander Olgon Swanson Abrahamson Robertson . Swanson Dummy Dummy 437 Kings 82 . 88 102 I*jeneman Johnson Nelson a| 'No Loafing To Be Tolerated by Speaker and, Ieh, Indinns, 04 mostly Nineteen I h\u?x'h[ hattery men were ready to start their spring ‘llllhll\l' today, according to advices from Dallas. Only light work will he permitted for the first few days but later the training periods will be lengthened, “There is to be no loafing, no shift- |ing of burdens, no sulking around the | [Indian camp this Spring,” Tris |8peaker declared. “I sincerely believe | |1 have the finest bunch of boys in the business, Iveryone of them is going to get a chance but every one of them has to carn it One, Two, Three And—Brrgh! William 2. Connolly of Spring Lake, Mich., former state senator and now county road commissioner breaks the ice of Spring Lake for his morn- ing bath. And then he takes it, as the lower photo shows. Ior more than four years he has taken his daily dip in the lake, summer and winter. Boosting Landlard Heavily Assessed Chicago, T"'eb. 24.—A Chicago land- lord who acquired the habit of boost- ing the rent so often that he receiv- ed more money every year than his building cost, has received a dose of his own medicine in a tax increase of 547 per cent assessed against him. “GRAPEFRUIT” WAS $25,000 WHISKEY New York, JPeb. 24.—~Whiskey worth about $25,000 and disguised as grapefruit was captured yesterday in the Erie railroad yards at Passaic, N. J. The Passaic police had been in- formed of the shipment and made the seizure while the cases of ‘grape- fruit” were being removed from a freight car to a motor truck. They declined to tell the name of the man to whom the shipment was going. It came from Cuba, Bermuda and Florida. SEIZED C. Johnson 92— 283 344—1058 Larson Dahlberg Landgren Bengston Hills G. Anderson H. Swanson .... Bott |N. Anderson J. Landgren Kelerman Shuel Heisler Nelson | New Haven Team That ANOTHER PHENOM IS DISCOVERED IN WEST Washington Lumberjack Weighs 240 Pounds and Can Box Well Wash,, Peb 23.--A New white hope has been discovered in a logging camp here, He s Edgar Oxenford, who complained to his boss that the sledge used in splitting was not heavy enough. He was satisfied only after a sixty pound hammer had been shipped fromaScattle, He swings the ordina double bitted ax with such force as to imbed it into the trunk of a fir tree at one stroke. Oxenford, nicknamed “Ox,” is only 21, weighs 240 pounds, is skinny and stands x feet five inches in his socks. Ox'" was born and educated near here and has never been further from home than Seattle, and al- though he has never been inside a gymnasium, can outbox and outreach any tall man in the camp. ATLAS BEAT KACEYS Meets New Kanasket, Britain Team Tomorrow Night, Outscores Waterbury 26 to 17, New Haven, Feb. quintet played wonderful basketball last night in the armory, defeating the Waterbury Kaceys by a 26 to 17 score, There was a good crowd on hand for the attraction and they saw a well played game although {t lack- ed some of theexcitement usually seen when these two rivals clash. It was evident soon after the start of the game that close guarding was scheduled to play an important fac- tor in the result. RIVALS MEET TONIGHT High 24.—The Atlas New Britain and Hartford School Basketball Quintets to Clash on "Hopkins Street Gymnasium. The New Rritain High school bhas- ketball team meets the Hartford High school five on the Hopkins street gymnasium tonight. It will be the first meeting of the quintet this sea- son. The Capitol City five has been making a great record on the court this season, and in consequgnce s the favorite to win tonight's battle. Dur- ing the past few seasons, the locals have been unable to make much of a showing against their most bitter rivals, but there exists an optimistic feeling that the turn may come to- night. Captain Dave Mahoney and his boys are in excellent condition, and will give the Hartford boys a warm argument, it is expected. The second teams of both schools will meet in a preliminary at 7:30 o’clock. The big game starts at 8:30 o’'clock. A big delegation of local rooters will accompany the team to the scene of battle. TO EXPAND MOTOR PLANT Franklin Company Votes Big Issue for Four-Cylinder Production. Syracuse, Ieb. 24.—The H. H. Franklin Company will spend $5,000,- 000 in uiring an additional plant and pmm the new light Franklin four-cylinder —air cooled car into quantity production. Directors this afternoon voted to issue 40,000 shares of no par value common stock at $50 per share and $3,000,000 of 7 per cent. cumulative prnrorred stock, par value $100 a share,’ to finance the ex- pansion. The new plant is planned to have a one-shift capacity of fifty Iranklin fours a day, and a two-shift capacity of 100 a day. A world-wide sales organization is being developed on a 100 cars per day basis. ’1‘hf~ four- cylinder plant will employ 2,500 per- sons on a shift. Whether the Frank- lin Company will build’at Eastwood or acquire an existing plant elsewhere has not been decided. LEONARD FIGHTS TONIGHT. New Orleans, Ieb. 24.—Benny Leonard, world's lightweight cham- pion, will make his New Orleans ring debut tonight in a ten round no de- cision bout with Pat Moran, New Or- leans lightweight. Moran fought the champion in Chicago two years ago, and although outweighed 12 pounds, remained ten rounds. This time Mor- an will weigh 136 pounds while the champion will scale about 140 pounds. Now That Lowest Prices Of Automobiles Have Become Established — WE ADVISE BUYING NOW — No Better Place Than At The UTOSHO STATE ARMORY NEW YORIS TEAMS PREPARING TO LEAVE Dodgers Moved Today, Gilants Go Sunday and Yankees to Depart Next Monday for Camps the baseball Al New York, Ieb, 24.—Ten of Brooklyn National league team including Dutch Reuther, Mamaux, Clarence Mitchell, Bd, Jan- vrin and Chuck Ward were pas- sengers on the good ship Arapahoe sailing for Jacksonville, Fla.. today. There they will meet their rotund boss, Wilbert Robinson and get to work Monday, The Giants are getting ready to move toward San Antonio on Sunday and the Yanks were packing up for # Monday train to New Orleans. Meanwhile word came from Hot Springs, Ark., that Babe Ruth, Al Devormer, Mike McNally, Wally Schang and Everett Scott were golf- ing the kinks out of the their arms and legs and that Carl Mays and Waite Hoyt were engaged in light training. Garry Herrmann, Cincinnati Reds was in town but it was announced at his hotel that he was in conference with himself and nobody could learn the nature ofshis mission. A platoon of baseball writ- ers attempted to interview him on the question of Ed Roush. They wanted to know if the temperamental field- er was still a holdout and if he was being considered in a deal with the Giants for Douglass and Barnes, those world series pitching heroes. Molla Indoors president of the Molla Bjurstedt Mallory ‘dominates the indoor tennis courts this winter as much as she did the outdoor game last summer. This photo, taken at the Brooklyn tournament, shows her with short bobhbed hair and without the familiar head band. GOLD AND TENDLER. Boxer Refused Name of “Duff” Battle Philly Lightweight. New York, Jeb. 24.—Hymie Gold, who was known as “Oakland Jimmy Duffy” until the state boxing com- mission over-ruled the C‘eltic name on the ground that fhere are two real boxers of that cognomen, will make his metropolitan debut in Madison Square Garden tonight against Lew Tendler of Philadelphia. The boys are to box 15 rounds. The Pacific coast battler will have the advantage of a few inches in height and reach over the Quaker town portside scrapper. Babe Herman and featherweights, will final. o Billy Defoe, box the semi- DILHOEFER"S MATES TOATTEND FUNERAL Rickey, Sherdel and Clemons to Attend Obsequies for Player St. Ifeb, 24.—~Manager Vernons Clemons, pitcher and Charles Barrett, scout today were on their way from Orange, Tex., the local National's training grounds to Mobile, Ala., to attend the funeral of Catcher Willlam Dilhoefer tomor- row, according to a report sent here, Milton Btock, third baseman, will join the team's delegation at Mobile. Hardly had the players arrived at their training camp vesterday when they were informed of the death of Dilhoefer. Unable to free themselves of depression caused by the unexpect- ed message, the players were per- mitted by Rickey to limit the first day's practice to a short workout in the afternoon. 1"ans and followers of the national pastime are mourning the death of the plucky catcher whose “pep” and nerve made him a favorite Louis, Branch catcher, Rickey, BNl Sherdel, among the fans, who frequently call- | ed for Dilhoefer when the game had reached a crucial point or when the players seemed to be fagging. IMloral offerings from friends several organizations bedecked the casket when sent from here last night. Dilhoefer was a member of the local Elks' lodge and also of an American Legion ,mq' EAGLES ARE WINNERS Shamrocks of South Manchester Go Down to An Overwhelming Defcat on Center Street Court, 61-19, The kagles basketball quintet of the Boys' club smothered the Sham- rocks of South Manchester on the Center street court last night, 61 to 19. The Silktown boys were never in the running, and the locals improved their scoring records considerably. Sokolowski, the brilliant left forward of the home team, registered 12 field goals. Anderson dropped in nine double counters and Schultz got five. This trio were the principal scorers for the locals. The ISagles will meet the American School for the Deaf, of Hartford, in this city on March 11. The summary: agles. Schultz Shamrocks Massey ]»mht Forward \\ alffer, Sokolowski Hanley Anderson McLaughlin Massey |ghr Guard Bronnell suard Schultz 5, Sokolowski Anderson 9, Stohl 1, Holst 1, sey 3, Hanley 1, Mclaughlin 3, lb Massey 2; fouls, Schultz 8, Massey 1; referee, A. C. Brunnelle; scere- keeper, Tracy; timekeeper, Bramhall. IPield goals, Extension of Time On Corporation Incomes Washington, I'eh. 24.—A general extension of time for the filing of in- come tax returns was granted corpo- rations today by Internal Revenue Commissioner Blair. Corporations are given up to June 15 under a new treasury decision for completing re- turns of income for the calendar vear 1922. The extension is conditioned upon corporations filing tentative re- turns by March 15, accompanied by one-fourth of the estimated amount of the tax due. and | Yankees Play Golf Instead of Baseball Hot Springs, Ark. Ieh, 24 galf course has supplanted the hase ball park for preliminary spring training here. “Babe” Ruth and three other members of the New York Yankees played 36 holes of golf here yesterday, They announced their intention to continue this practice un- til Monday., 'The players who have heen*in Hot Springs several days, preparatory to joining the training camp of their club at New Orleans are besides Ituth, Pitchers Carl Mays and Waite Hoyt and Shortstop The Everett Scort. Tigfif Jam St. James street, Montral, is so nar- row that tire trucks had to be run on the sidewalk to fight the fire in the Standard Building. Loss dmount- ed to $1,000,000. MARQUARD AND KOPI' SIGN, Braves Receive Contracts From Piteh- er and Inficlder. Boston, Feb. 24—*"Rube’ Marquard left handed pitcher, and Larry Kopf, infielder, who were traded to Boston by the Cincinnati. Reds in for Pitcher John Scott, have contracts with the Braves. GAME signed ALLED OIF, New Haven, Feb. 24— The Lafay- ale basketball game scheduled to be played in the Yale gym fonight was called off last night when notifi- cation received from the L. ette authorities that the Quaker team would be unable to come to i his city due to injuries received in recent games. FOX’S—Monday—T “THE CONQUE exchange | HUTGHISON FAVORED 10 DEFEAT KAPLAN Crack Philadelphia Featherweight fo Meet Silver City Pride The Hughie Hutchison-"Kid" Kap- bout scheduled at Meriden to- morrow night, is attracting state-wide nttention, and there is every possibili- ty that before the mittsters enter the lan ring, every bit of space will be utiliz- cd by the crowd. Merlden is “all het up" over the hout, Kaplan's fine work in the ring during the past year and a half, has the Silver City fans going strong for him. Anybody who, would venture the remark in Meriden that Kaplan will not be returned a victor, would leave himself Hable to a seri- loug personal inju On the books, Ithe record of the Meriden boy is in- ldeed an impressive one. With victor- fes over such capable performers as |Sammy “Red" McDonald, “Duteh and several others. However acing Hutchison he | meets a finished performer, and if the bout is on the level, the Meriden boy Istands a chance of adding to his [rame. | The Unbeaten Hutch | Hutchison has never been beaten. {He first showed in this vicinity at | Hartford where he met Andy Chaney, |the clever Baltimore boy, who has |been a persistent challenger to John- Iny Kilbane, the featherweight title | holder. Hutchison held Andy on even terms, and later was brought back to |box sammy Waltz. After keeping the |Hartford boy as long as he | pleased, Hughie stepped in in the ninth stanza, and kayoed the Capitol boy. He has mot all the top men, and in view of the fact has never tasted defeat, tends belief that he should beat City Inoteh {that hiec Ito the Kaplan. Other Bouts Carded ainder of the card arrang- Matchmaker Jack Grinold, is and Johnny O'Leary, 10 ‘mi-final and G Lyneh’ Al b a six round Glennon, who wdled the Tlartford bouts on Tues- vy aight, will be the third man in Hr‘ ring tomorrow night. lana q:ln‘hminnlg. i RECORD BY MISS (COLLETT. Jelleair Heigh Fla., Feb. 24.— {Miss Glenna Collett of Providence | played remarkable golf here yester- day en she lowered the women's record of the championship course by [three Her fotal of 81 was made with a bad start. She took six on the first hole and eight on the fifth hole. Despite this she was out strokes. A SIGN O SPRING Meclnerney, the celebrated t-manager of the Beavers sohall feam, has issued a call for spring training o his players of last Iseason, and any new ones that would [like to don the B's uniform this sea- son. In the eall is the command to assemble @t 7:30 o'clock at the corner of lafayette and Washington street's where the heavy details perfected by the managor will be explained, | Persin has no distilleries, breweries or saloons, and native wine is the [only intoxicating beverage. . ucsday—Wednesday RING POWER” By Producer of “Four Horsemen” with RUDOLPH VALENTINO and ALICE TERRY ADJUSTS EAR PIECE . AMUSED AT H(S ownN CREDULITY HEARS VOICE ' ToLERANT LY LISTENS HEARS NOTHING AND FUSSES WITH EAR-PIECE SETTLES DOWN T ENJOYMENT _ OF CONCERT STILL HEARS NOTHING)| ACTS AS ONE WHo IS VICTIM OF HoAX “ WELL - WELL= WELL WHAT D'YoU Hnow “BouT THAT! L couLD HEAR T JUST AS fl.Am! WHEN'S NEXT_CONCERT?|