New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 27, 1922, Page 8

| . follows: HOT DOG LEAGLE 10 OPEN TONIGHT | Start Season at Rogers’ Lanes IPexas, and the Yunkee advance guard | A brand new bhowling league | scheduled to get under way this eve- | ping at Rogers Recreation alleys, when the “Hot Dog" organization it is known will open. The embraces elght teams, and soniw the star alley men of the city have | enrolled. The league his applied the| following names: Mutts, Beagle Bhepherds, Collies, Pointers, Grey- Bounds, Airedales und Poodles, Players in League The makeup of the teams is as fol- lows: Mutts, W. Plucker, K. Plucker, Afatson, Myers and Larson; Shep- weras, Stammers, Josephs, Restella, T. Wright and McAuliffe; Pointers, Molyneux, Quink, Wilcox. “ampbell and Frederickson; Collies, Bingemer Long, Nichols, Happenny and V. Frisk; Beagles, Richter, Elliott, Sted- man, Carlson and Brennecke, Aire- dales, Potts, McGuire, Kahms, Clan- oy, Cage and Thompson; Greyhounds, | Erickson, Frisk, Crowley, Young and Holtman; Poodles, Leupold, C. May, Walsh, Harnkohl and Ioote. The St. Matthew's German church teams of this city met teams from Christ church of Hartford here Sat- urday night, and the results were as N | Josesnic or | Special Match—Girls Anna Robertson 57 74 = 80— Anna Schmidt .. 62 60 70~ Anna Steinke 61 65 78— 2 Agnes Kuehn 58 53 Ruth Knapp ‘64 67 302 319 St. Matthew's Loretta Beilmann 71 Emma DeJune Elsie Linn Em. Woitoiwit: Gera -Scharff 50— 331— 052 91— 237 81— 88— T4— 78— 389 412 414—1215 New: Britain—dten RERTEHET I TR T S ST 98— 266 98 79— 272 83 88— 260 96 8 265 458 445—135( Hartford. 90 108 4§ 89 86 238 241 Steege Paul Linn Uthus 88— 104— 90— 106— Robinson F. Reinke 0. Wolfe M. Senkel Legall Johnson Kauffmann 286 | 270 271 89 413 447 474—1334 & HINE McDonough , Walker De| Favo Cusack H. Johnsan Tomschek ' Linn Heath ... 0. Maghoftz A. Anderson Dougherty G. Brown 0. Miller Ramm .... . i C. Macholtz . . o 8 | Baldse . o e | Hartman ... GO ; Carlgon ... . G . B8 Maloney .......... 88 Luglh . | O'Nell ‘Whitney Douzat E. B. M Simon . Selander .. W. Gugel': Wardner Koether . . . . v Renshaw s . ‘ . § | E. Johnson Bailey Andrews Kerner Ed Miller . Noga ..... Willoughby Donlan Wenz . Popalowski Woram G. Anderson Starr . Seaman H. Brown Sanders C. Gugel ROBINS BE LEAGUL. | IN WORK Manager Robinson Puts His Charges Through Paces at Jacksonville | 7.—There's| Jocksonville, Fla., Feb. 2 a lot of baseball talent in this town. The members of the Dodgers are fast] gathering herc for their spring train-| ing, which Manager Robinson in- augurated this morning. When the rotund pilot and his two able assist-| ante, Nap Rucker and lLarry Sutton, | gather the athietes at the ball park m} South Jacksonville ahout started to limber up their arms. In a few days the group of ball tossers may number forty-two Among the players who here and ready for work are Reuther, Mamaux, Mitchell, Neis, Bert Griffith, Olson, High, Schupp, Janvrin, Hung- ling, Schmandt, Post, Rosehery } Brown, Iischer, Auer, McCarron,| Schriver and Schreiber. are now ENGLISH WELTER ARRIVES. New York, Feb. 27.- rey”’ Billy Wells, an English welter weight boxer, arrived on the Aqui- | tanin on Saturday and was met at the | pier by Charley Harvey, who will manage him whilc in this country. Wells comes here seeking a match with Jack Britton. Wells wa§ match- | ed with Ted (Kid) Lewis, but the lat.| ter turned match down so as to| be in the best oi shape for his com- g match with Gemges Carpentier. | | -"“Bermond- the ) {round j |liminary, | ticipated | straight |ringside Sobuta tWenty o him to his conditions, wager and | this b lbring @ good hout to a finality, 1 re- |y |main, NEW BOWLING LEAGUE GETS UNDER WAY GIANTS AND YANK HEADED FOR CAM IVanguard of World's Champlons Are [ New Fight Team Organization to% : Inroute to San Antonio, Texas— Yanhkees Going to New Orlea 1"eh The toduy on thelr way at San Antonio, York, nts were practice New York G to Spring train 1 L was ready to board th this fternoon for New Orleans, . There will be a few regulars abe 1 when the tradn leaves, but many of them, in Idition to several rookies, will get rd enroute Chick” Fewster Kelly will get Hot Springs dele Mays, Bush, Hoy pitchers, Schang and DeVormer, catehe and be Ruth, Mike Me- Nally and Prank Baker will join their team-mates in New Orleans, The tinkle of the tincan has already been heard in Glantland, two men, Heine and Ciancy, having been re- d to Indianapolis in payment for Ralph Shinners, the Hoosier outfield- er, who aspires to guardianship of the outer precinets at the Polo Grounds. " HUTGHISON LUCKY Scoteh Lad Beats Kid Knpl;m and b and Scout Joe at Baltimore, The zation, comprising and Shewkey, on Gets a Draw for His Efforts— whk‘h is Good in Meriden. Hughie® Hutchison of New York and “Kid" Kaplan of Meriden, battled an exciting 12-round bout at the Auditorium last Saturday night at Meriden. To those fans not from Meriden, it looked like Hutch's fight, | but the referce gave it a draw, which was accepted by many as an indica- tion that the The bout was one of the best ever staged in the Silver City, and was witnessed by a packed house., Kaplan was very aggressive in the first few rounds, and he managed to_hang a “blinker” on Hughie. Howev after the 7th round, the Scot was alway in the lead, and he gave his opponent the hardest punching he has received in some time. The Meriden folk were shouting for an 'easy victory in the opening rounds, but this tune chang- ed as the hout progressed. Pleas for Kaplan to speed it up were heard in the last two rounds. This is unusual. Hutchison plastered Kaplan's face and jaw repeatedly in the closing rounds. In the semi-final bout, Joe Currie of New Haven knocked out Johnny O'Leary of Waterbury, in the seventh of @ 10-rounder. In the pre- Georgia. Lynch gained the award over Dick Wallace of New Haven. was entitled to a verdict. Micky vers of New Haven, who meets F lan in Music hall on Thursday night, was introduced. OWEN'S GR Athlete EAT RECORD Harvard Has Played on Teams That Have Defeated Yale Eleven Times. Cambridge, Mass., Feb. George Owen, Harvard's brilliant all around athlete, has a record that probably no other Harvard man can show for contests against Yale. in eleven matches the hated Elis and has helped minster eleven beatings As a freshman le in foothall, haseball and v. In his sophomore year he played on the winning football team and in the two straight games necessar: decide the hockey as well series. In the present colle Own again helped beat Yale at ball and captained the hockey team which humbled the Blis in two contests. Next June, wl the baseball series is on, Owen Awill be fighting to keep his slate clean. In all the contests he has played regular. nst Y a n MORE 'RASSLIN GUFF F. Ivan “Kid” Benjamin Accepts Defi Hurled at Him by Alex Sobuta ffll" a Finish Match, 33 Court Street, New Britain, Conn v's Herald 1 see a ch Alex Sobuta, in which like to meet me barred In lenge he stated in a finish match. 1 will accept his challeng ing he weighs not over 150 and that he will issued b he no would hold pounds post a wager. I have heard of Sobuta and under- stand he is a good man and one who will give a good account of himsclf n the mat. Now I am ready and wiling fo meet and will await full particulars so forth. Trusting he will not fail to let me all and that you will publish your paper and that can know in we respectfuliy, i, IVAN BENJAMIN YRGE SMITH'S LOW CARD. leair Height IFeh. 27 George Smith, paired with T. D. Ar-- mour., the Westchester Biltmore ama- teur, defeated Alex Smith, the Belle- pir *Pro George McLean of Grassy course ye Smith, who Belleair, play 1. each hole after this was halved until the sixteenth, where Smith and Ar- mour both got 4s, thus ending the atch Armonr took Mclean | 74 and Alex Smith 75, and erday by 3 and 2. George assisting his brother at a4 a heautiful round of New itor must have won. | In this case the Meriden boy | Tra- | He has par- | his team won from | hock- ., provid- | prain on the Tarpon Springs | He won the first two holes, and | os NOWBRITAIN WINS -~ INTER-ITY MEET Defeats Meriden Y. M. C. A, Team Merfden and New Rritain had a dual track meet in fthe local Y. M, C. A, Saturday evening. Meriden was | delayed In arriving and the meet, which was scheduled to start at eight | o'clock, did not start until nine. sults of events were as follows standing Broad Jump. Schaefer, Meriden, 4 feet 41 es; Luke, New Britain, 9 feet inches; Abetz, New Britain, 9 feet 33 inches. Standing Broad DS, Schuefer, Meriden, et 11 ches; Luke, New Britain, 28 feet inches; Schultz, Meriden, feet 31y inches, Running Broad Jump. hultz, Meriden, 17 feet 114 inh- all, New Britain, 17 feet 9 inch- Peterson, New Britain, 17 feet T inches. | inch- % % Ju Half Mile Run, Bottomly, ew Diritain, sec.; Hall, New Britain, 2 Peterson, Meriden, min, 28 min, 31 2 min- 12 Pound Shot Put. New Britain, 38 Schaefer, Meriden, Tower, Meriden, feot S% 36 feet 36 feet Abetz, inches; 312 inches; 4 inch. Toints Scored. Standing broad jump, Meriden New Britain, 4; three standing broad jwmps, Meriden 6, New Britain 3 running broad jump, Meriden 5, New Britain 4; half mile run, Meriden 1, New Britain 8; 12 11 . Meri- | den 4, New Britain 21, New Britain 24. Y. M. Seconds Win. The Y. M. Seconds added another basketball game to their collection when they defeated Troop 1, South- | ington Boy Scouts, Satuvday evening. | The score was 31 to 10. The South- ington boys put up a game fight, but the “Y" team showed the result of | more practice. Gorman, the right forward of the “Y' team, dropped in six from the floor. Norton, the smallest man on the team, played a splendid floor gamc and also added three from the floor. ‘“Ernie” An- derson was the works for the Troop. Summar; Y. M. Seconds, Gorman 5, Troop 1. Nelson Beloin l.eft Forward. Miller, Bacon Norton, W. A. DiAngelo IZacon, Dunn .. L. DiAngelo Right Guard. Beloin, Bacon left Guard. goals: Gorman 6, Racon 2, Anderson 3, W. «Manalse Norton 3, 1ield : . Di- Miller 3, Angelo 1. Foul goais, Gorman 3, Anderson | DiAngelo 1. teferee, Morrell, Timer, | ner. Scorer, Vibberts. At Berlin Tomorrow. The Y. M. Seconds will take on the Worthington A. C. Juniors at the Town Hall in Berlin tomorrow even- ing. The following men will report at the Y at 6:30 p. m.: Gorman, Ba- con, Beloin, Norton, Miller, Neipp. The game will start at 8 o'clock. Junior League, played in the Junior class | league Saturday morning ulted as tollow Wild Cats Skunks 11; Bob Cats §, Tige Games in the Employed A class are Idle Rich 12, Cupids T; 0il Sinkers 12 Starting Friday and urday, March # and 4, indoor baseball leagues will be organized in all four classes, to run throughout the month of March, Life saver's tests will be given to members of the High school and Employed A classes during March also. Program for the Week. Monday: Iinals in basketball | shooting contest. H. 5 and Employec | A el E | Tuesda | shooting cont | ployed B class | Worthington [ town hall. Wednesday: Reg gym Employed A and H . Thursday: Regular gy _ Junior and Bmplo i l.eaders corps meeting. Indoor baseball leagues or- 8. and Employed il Faulk- Games 0 as follow 3aby Dol N 5¢ basketball and m conds Vs, Berlin Minals in st. Junior M. Juniors, ar classes. | ani | ela Saturda Indoor | organtzed in Junior ¢ Hlion baseball leagues 1l Employed 1 wrestling | SOUTH 1NDS COP TITLE s lea Polo Champlonship Rink. i | & | cided at Rhodes’ The South Ends won the )wm.mn. of the City Polo |defeating the Mohawks at Ithodes ice rink on Shuttle Meadow avenne Saturday afternoon, 2 to 1. [ Olcott, fir rush for the Mohawks, scored the only tallk for'his team and W, Ericson, first rush for the | gouth Inds, made the threc points for the winners, Thoe lineups were as tollow South Ends W. Ericson, | tirst rush; C. Ericson, second rush center; Dull, haifback; Bayer, |goal. Mohawks: Olcott, first rush; Heisler, second r D. Restella, cen- or: Loomis, halfback; Scharff, goal. Other games resulted as follows: Captain Val Chamberlai team y | Captain Doc” Coholan's team 4 1l';l[':n:\ 8 §, Captain Sulii nson §, ‘:{, Captain Anderson 5, Captain Cos- | grove 1. cham- gue by Pilz- | New York, Feb. 27.—Willie Hunter, {winne? of the British amateur golf championship at Hoylake last year ind & semi-finalist in the Uited States champlonship at St. Louis sailed Sat for Fngland. He will remain e until after the 1922 British title event at Prestwick the week of May Anderson | 99 | Al 1= De-| | lan rooters fell off the grandstand and TONIGHT — MERIDEN KACEYS CANCEL SCHEDULED DISTURBED AT RUMORS GF TRADE Master of “Submarine Ball is Surc He Will Bemain a Member of the Yankees Hat Springs, Ark, Feb, 27.—Re- Iports from ‘New York that the |Yankees were contemplating trading (Carl Mays and Aaron Ward sent a |flutter of excitement through the |lobbies of the Hotel Majestic today. {1t was the consensus however, that these reports were fabricated, espe- cially insofar as they concern the |master of the “submarine” ball, | Mays was perhaps the least cxcited {of all the players when he plcked up {the paper which printed the report. “There really isn't anything to get ex- =r-|lm] ove he said. “I haven't signed jand don’t expect to sign hefore T see the Colonels, Once 1 have had a talk ;\\'Hh them or with either of them the {rest of it probably will be smooth sailing. 1 do not think ] am unrea- sonable in my demands and fecl pret- |agreement, once we get together, For Mays, as well ag for the rost of the troup, vesterday was a day of rest. The burly blond master of the “submarine” wanted to resume his golfing where he was forc2d to let it drop because of Saturday's rain, but the same disagreeable atmosphere conditions prevailed again yesterday and the players remained in seclusion all morning. KACEYS NOSED 0UT Locals Give Atlas of New Haven a Tough Battle on Armory Court, Losing 31 to The New Britain Kaceys gave the speedy Atlas team of w Haven, a rm argument on th rch strect iurmory court last Saturday, the v :U}!S winning 44 to 33. It was onc of {the best games seen here this season, |and the crowd thoroughly enjoyed it. In the first half the Kaceys had the edge on the visitors, leading at inter- mission, 19 to 15. It was a nip and tuck afrair throughout the second half, and at no time was the ad- vantage over four points favoring the leader. Bailey and Pite did some fancy goal tossing, while Johnny Sheehan and Kilduff were the stars for the locals. The locals are schednled to play at| Meriden tomorrow night in a leaguel game. Judging from the rivalry dis- ed here last week, the game will| [by “some affair. The armory floor | Iwill be occupied next Saturday night by the auto show, and in consequence there will be no home games this week. Saturday Atlas Rohm, s summary: ew Britain Botwinik Kilduft Left «vov.. Dudjack Restelli Greenberg v Rzt Guard -Atlag New floc Bailey 2, Greenberg, 5, Dudjack 3, Restelli, Sheehan free throws, Greenberg 6, Sheehan 11; ref- eree, Hayes; time of periods, 20 min- utes. 33; 4 Britain 6, Dite Kildu®y 9: Score goals from Botwinik 2 : RAIN STOPS AUTO RACE |Milton Leading on 91th Lap When Contest is Postponed Angeles, Keb. 27.—The 260- ional championskip automo- at the Los Angelos Speedway near here, was call- loff in the nincty-fourth lap yesterday, when a light rain made the course dangerous. At that time Tommy Mil- {ton was in the lead. 'The race will be run next Sunday, March 5. Milton, who took the lead at the |stort kept it, completed the ninety- |four laps in 1:52 an average of a little more than 110 miles an hour. He led Joe Thomas and Harry Hartz, who were second and third by nearly a [1ap. i The decision to call off the contest jeame shortly after Pietro Bordino the | [ Italian race had narrowly escaped {death in the ninety-second lap. He |skidded and crashed inte the fence, fbut w uninjured. Before the fell, there were evi- dences of possible new world's| . as some laps had been made rate of more than 113 miles an | Los I mile [ bile rac |at Beverly Hills, |recor at a } S i DAVIS REPORTS Louis, Ieb. 27.—An eleven in-| |ning tie game featurad o strenuous | |workout through which Manager Lec [IFohl put members of the first con- [tingent of the st. Louis Americans yesterday at the team's train- ing cump at Mobile, Ala, according Ito a dispatch received here today. Pitcher “Dixie” Davis, who has been |reported a hold-out, appeared at the amp yesterday, indicating that he {had come to terms. “DINIEY Fe B D, BREAKS LEG New York, I%eb, 27.—In the La [Su na cup game at St. Agatha's |Oval in Brooklyn between the Nor- |wegilan Turn Verein and the Red |Star yesterday the play became 8o hot that one of the excited Norwegi- |was taken to the Norweglan hospital with a broken leg. e T — PALACE —- STARTING NEXT SUNDAY B. De Mille's PARADISE” on—\Mildres] Harris vad Nagel | Cex “FOOL’S | porothy Datt H o ty sure that we can come to a specdyq score PENNSY QUINTET AGAIN HEADS LEAGUE Red and Blue Is Favored to Cop Intercollegiate Title New York, Princeton during the Feb, 27.—While the basketball team was idle past week, Pennsylvania made the most of their advantage, defeating Columbia at Welghtman hall, thereby taking iirst place jor the league title again, 1t is not likely that the Red and Blue will relinquish their lead this week, because while they are engaging the tail-ending Yale five the Tigers will be batting with the Dartmouth team for the runner-up position, The Hanoverians, though outclassed by Penn two weeks ngo on their own { court, are still putting up » bold ight for the honors. 'Their victory over Cornell fast Saturday by a 27 to 22 was a commendable perform- ance. It is primarily through the stellar playing of Capt. Joe 'Miller that the Green has been able to keep in the running for the title, | Tiger The most important game iwm‘k'u schedule is that between Princeton and Dartmouth on the Tiger court Wednesday night. Prince- ton's quintet gave the Green their first set back of the year when ihey met at Hanover in their initial league Mcets Green, in the engagement, the Tiger winning by the | close score of 27 to 26. A victory ‘or Dartmouth would probably eliminate Princeton and clinch the title Yor Pennsylvania's five, which has Jost but one game this season. Pulleyn Takes Lead. Bob Pulleyn of «olumbia took the lead in the individual point scoring hy caging eleven points inst Dart- mouth and twelve against Pennsyl- vania during the past week. His to- tal is now at 80 points, with Cullen of Dartmouth close hehind him at 76. Miller of Dartmouth made greatest gain of the week in the jine of field goal shooting by ringing six at Columbia's expense and four against Cornell on Saturday. He and Bill Grave and Huntzinger are tied with 18 goals. Cullen leads in foul shooting with 58 free throws. TEAMS LEAVE THIS W Vanguards of Braves and Red Sox Start for South Friday. Boston, Mass, Ieb. 27.—Iriday <t will sce the departure of the ard of the two major leagu baseball teams of this city for their ager Fred Mitchell will leave Friday night with the younger battery men ans who at Hot cluding several of the vete have been conditioning Springs, Ark. Manager Hugh Sox will take several recruit pitchers and catchers with him when he boards the train for Hot Springs Fri- day afternoon. Several players will leave their homes in time to join this party on its arrival and the re- mainder are to report on March 9. Dufty of the | training grounds in the South. Man- of the Braves for $t. Petersburg, Fla., | where they will be joined on March | 13 by the remainder of the team, in-| the Red | MERIDEN K.C.S CALL OFF TUESDAY'S GAME Inability to Secure Hall, Qauses Silver City Manager to Postpone Teague Game Contrary to the schedule, the New Britain Kaceys will not get a chance to defeat the Meriden Kaceys in the Silver City tomorrow night, The man- ager of the Meriden team yesterday lcommunicated with Manager Larry Mangan of the locals, announcing that the game weuld have to be put off because the hall was not available (tomorrow night. An attempt was made to secure the consent of Mana- ger Mangan to play the game on a |eourt at Southington, but the *noth- ing doing” was displayed by Manager Mangan. The locals will play the first game of the scries with the West Ends of \vaml in that town next Thursday Infght. The second game will be play- led In this city on Tuesday of next week, The New Huven Kaceys are scheduled to play a league game here on March 11. TO BUY CLUB ¥ Cobb and Others in Deal for the Purchase of Augusta Franchise Augusta, Ga., Feb. 27.—A deal for the purchase of the Augusta club of |the ‘South Atlantic league associntion by which Ty Cobb, manager of the | Detroit club becomes a part owner of {the minor league organization is ex- [pected to be closed here today. Iour other local men, nk Barret,” who is slated to be president of the club, are joining with Cobb, it is sald, in the purchase of the club from Marvin Wolfe. It 18 said that Cobb would act in ladvisory capacity in the management lof the team and will especially look |ont for availabie material for the clib, HURLERS SHOW PROGRE! 27.-—Reports SS Chicago, Feb. Catalina Island, Calif.,, w cago Nationals arc truining indi |that excellent progress is being {hy members of the pitching staff, el- though they have been at work but a weck. Dispateches from Marlin Springs Texas, where the Chicago Americans are encamped, show that' cold and rain have kept the men from having any sort of a workout since their ar- rival. Since Dec. 1, 1918, Teeland has been recognized an independent otate, | although has the same king as Denmark. it | including from | ere the Chi- | ;_ PENNSY QUINTET OUT IN FRONT AGAIN IN INTERCOLLEGIATE LEAGUE — KEARNS SAYS DEMPSEY WILL FIGHT WILLS IF HE BEATS NORFOLK F 4 DEMPSEY WILLING 10 BATILE WILLS Jack Kearns Will Sign Articles il New York, I%eh, -1t Harry Mills can beat Kid Norfolk decisively {in Madison Square CGarden on Thurs- day uight, 1 will sign articles with Paddy Mullins for a battle beteween [Jack Demysey and Wills for the heavyweight championship of the world." So the Kearns yesterday at where he spent the greater part of yesterday re- hearsing Dempsey for his opening performance at the Hippodrome this afternoon, “This fellow Wills is beginning to annoy me,"” continued the usually imperturable Kearns. “He doesn't have n word to say himself, but there lare at least half a dozen apparently disinterested persons, some of them | not connected even in the remotest way with boxing, who appear to be taking up the cudgels in his behalf, with the evident object of forcing a match with Dempsey. “Don't get the wrong idea. just as anxions for the match as Paddy Mullins is, more anxious, in fact, DBut two things must be demon- strated to my satisfaction first: Wills must prove his fitness by beating Nor- folk; and second, 1 must have some guarantee that the match will be held it I sign.” Meanwhile, what of Norfolk? r |the “Keed" should knock out or otherwise defeat Wil would he re- ceive the same consideration, Kearns was asked. “We'll fight anybody for enough dough,” shouted Kearns. “That goes for any one from a [Hottentot to an imo."” Jack Belmont, id Hotel We're LINDSEY Connecticut Bowlel Showing in IS THIRD . . Makes Chicago —Jimmy Blouin place in the Fine Chicago, 1%b. lof Chjcago, won first world's classic bowling tournament which closed here Saturday night. Blouin's record was no surprise as he apparently had the honors safely tucked away Thursday night when he finished with 547 14-50. Phil Wolf of Chicago won second placewith 535 5-50 and Mort Lindsey of Stamford, Conn., was third with 530 11-50. Jimmy Smith of Milwau- kee, one of the favorites at the open- ing of the tournament, finished fourth with 525 43-50. Al w LAMB 7 HAVING A NICE TimE FRIEND S OH HERE NY You ARE THEART ' MAMA HAS BEEN SO0 WORRIED OVER HER LITTLE BoY- RE You WARM PETTY ARG You (I TH YOUR LITTLE i