New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 6, 1922, Page 8

NEW BRITAIN DAILY H ERALD, MONDAY, MARCH 5 1()‘)‘) Lé. HOT DOG BOWLERS HITTING TERRIFIC PACE — KACEYS TO PLAY WEST ENDS OF BRlSTOL HERE TOMORROW NlGHT Y. M. C.A. JUNIORS AND CHEROKEES OF HARTFORD, TO PLAY FOR STATE: CHAMPIONSHIP -- BENJAMIN ANSWERS VENTRES — Hl]T D0G LEAGUERS HITTING FAST GLIP [ Dozen or More Bowlers Have| High Averages, Statistics Show The newiy formed Hot Dog league | swings lnto actlon again this evening, | and judging from the form displayed | in the opening games last week, some | very interesting contests are looked | for. The first statistics issued by | Rtatistician Brennecke, show about a dozen bowlers over the 100 average mark for the opening three games. The interest in the league is keen. Special Matches Two special matches are on tap to- '\'Y CAGE (Bowls 'em Over) morrow night at Rogers, when “Kid" Frisk and Bill Clancy, will roll the Carlson boys, at 8 o'clock, in a four | In seven match for a piece of change. The other match will be between | Benny Cage, the phenom and Teddy | McAuliffe at 9 o'clock in a five out of nine game series. ' League Statistics The statistics of the Hot Dog and the City leagues, are as follows: HOT DOG LEAGUE P.C. 1.000 667 667 667 .333 .333 .333 .000 Ave. 491. 498.1 497.1 483.2 498, 471.2 457.2 450, Teams Pointers Poodles Mutts .. Collies . Beagles { Afredales Shepherds Greyhounds ... High single, Clancy, (Airedales), 136. High three strings, Wilcox, (Point- ers), 354. High team slnglo, Beagles, 541. High tcam three slrmgfl, Poodles, 1495, Individual Averages Wilcox, (Pointers) Clancy, (Airedales) ‘Wells, (Poodles) Stedman (Beagles) Brennecke, (Beagles) . Young, (Greyhounds) Nichols, (Mutts) Thompson, (Mutts) 2 T. McAulifte, (Shepherds) Long, (Collies) .. Frisk (Collles) May, (Poodles) Campbell, (Pointers) Matson, (Mutts) ... G. Carlson, (Collies) A. Plucker, (Mutts) Bertini, (Beagles Richter, (Beagles) . Elliott, (Beagles) .. Mario, (Poodles) Leupold, (Poodles) .. Hornkohl, (Poodles) McGuire, (Airedales) . E. Plucker, (Mutts) Frisk, (Greyhounds) Molyneux, (Pointers) . Frederickson, (Pointers) Newton, (Collies) .... Stammers, Shepherds) .. Cage, (Airedales) C. Carlson, (Collies) .. Josephs, (Shepherds) . Monday Night Mutts vs. Shepherds: Beagles vs. Poodles. Greyhounds vs. Collies. Alfredales vs. Pointers. CITY LEAGUTS Team Warriors ... Mohawks Annex Live Oaks 10 High (War- riors), High three strings, (Warriors), 217 High team single string, 516 High team three strings, 1457, single string, Blasky, 125. A. Narcum, Live Oaks, Live Oaks, Tndividual Averages O'Connell C. Johnson 1015 98.5 ) 07.4 B 064, Kalen g Joe Foote CoAnd Olson G. Hae! renm on Codenting ’Un rs KACEYS-WEST END GAME TOMORROW Second Battle of Inter-City Series at Arch Street Conrt—Visitors Have , Jump on Locals Basketball will be resumed in this city tomorrow evening after a week's absence, when the K 8 will tackle the West knds of Pristol in the sccond game of the series between the quinte Last week at Bristol, the locals were defeated, but a reverse for the Bell City five is promised by the locals tomorrow night, The West knds have been traveling at o rapid chp this season, and the record of the team is an impressive one, With Murphy, the cley Naugatuck player, and Teagle, formerly of the Meriden High school team, playing in the forward positions, the visitors present a speedy pair. Downes, who wore the uniform of the Terryville Kaceys last seagon, is jumping at center. Bill Sheehey, one of the most flashy players who cver performed on a local court, while a member of the Waterbury Kaceys, and Dewey Car- penter, the Nutmegs' football player, will be seen at the guard positions. Manager lLarry Mangan will trot out his strongest lineup tomorrow night. Tedder Kilduff and Stevie Dudack, will start in the forward positions; Restella, will jump at cen- ter; Sheehan and Saxe will hold down the guard positions. Jimmy Murphy and Jimmy Maher will bein readiness to jump into the fray when called upon. There will be a preliminary game, and dancing will, as usual, fol- low the main eontest. (] A PITCHERS' BATTLE Six Moundsmen Are Used in Practice Game Between Two Teams at Ath- letics' Training Camp. Philadelphia, March 6.—A pitch- er's battle in which six twirlers fig- ured the opening exhibition game yes- terday of the Philadelphia American league baseball team at Fagle Pass, Tex. The Squad was divided into two teams, the Owls and the Hawks, the former winning 1 to 0. Ickert Lof- tus and Naylor pitched for the vic- tors and Sullivan, Heimach and Har- ris for the Hawks. Calloway scored the lone run in the second inning on his double off Sullivan and an infield out. Ban Johnson, president of the American league, who has becn at the Athletics’ camp for two days, an- nounced that the league plans to pre- sent to the city of Mexico a bronze statue ‘‘symbolical of baseball rela- tions between the two countries.” NOT FOR BOSTON . Boston, March 6—1f Harry I'razee’s offer of $350,000 to Jack Dempsey for a bout with Harry Wills is ac- cepted the battle will not be held at Fenway Park, members of the state boxing commission said today. The owner of the Boston Red Sox men- tioned either the American Leaguers' home grounds or Boyle's thirty acres in Jersey City as sitcs for the pro- posed match. HUTCHISON AND TRAV Lynn, Mass,, March 6.—The Casino A. C., of Lynn, Mass., has clinched a match between Hughey Hutchison, Philadelphia Scotchman, and Mickey Travers, New Haven featherweight. They will come together in a ten- round bout on March 13. Hutchison and Travers each battled on even terms with “Kid” Kaplan of Meriden recently. 102— 300 'M ~1421 0'Connell 466 466 Trumbull Electric 92 '\T 096 Powers Ewald Funk Livingston Lemeris I?, Livingston €. Livingston Taste is a matter of tobacco quality We state it as our honest belief that the tobaccos used in Chesterfield are of finer quality (and hence of better taste) than in any other cigarette at the price. " Liggett & Myers Tebaceo Co. Amerte oy Moore e professional 1. M.C. A OPENS BASEBALL LEAGUE But It Is an Indoor Game- Schedule for Coming Week March 11, held in the iturday evening, track meet will he . A. gym hetwe the (...m representing the Waterbury M. he Waterbury aggrega- tion was ited Bridgeport and Meriden Diritain has defeated Meriden and is ont to hand a defeat to ury. CHIC Paulkner and Fred ) ive been added to the locals and are expested to be sure point winners. The events will be ag follows: 100 yard dash; 880 yard run; 12 lap pelay, four men; running high jump; running broad jump; 12 pound| shot put and the standing hroad jump. Preliminaries As a preliminary to the meet, there will be two games of basketball be- tween teams representing the Water- bury “Y” and the New Britain asso- cition. The first game, will be be- tween the f[Y. M. C. A. junior of both associations. The first game will start at 7:00 sharp. The Y. M. juniors will take on the team of the Memorial Baptist church of the Hartford church league in the preliminary game at the armory on Tuesday evening. The Hartford team is reputed to be a strong one and a good game is expected. Indoor baseball league have been organized in three classes with teams as follows: Baseball League Employed A class: Czecho-Slovacs, Claire, caplain; Mohawks, captain; Oil Cans, Torrello, captain; Gtants, Kinklestein, captain. Games played: (zecho-Slovacs 5, va. Mohawks 0; Oil Cans 6, vs. Giants 1. Employed B league All - Ameri- cans, Perokas, captai Bear 8, McGrath, captain; Swatters, Morrison, captain; “Babe Ruths, Litke, captain, Junior Class league: Swatters, De- grada, captain; Pigmies, Bell, captain; Giants, A, Hewitt, captain; Home Run Makers, Yankaska, captain. Games played: Giants mies 1; H. R. Makers vs. 10-6, @ dual| o def New twiee vs. Pige Swatters hedule For Week Monday: Regular gym cla; ployed A and High school. Tuesday: Regular gym classes. Em- ployed B and Juniors. Y. M. Junior: vs. Memorial Raptist church, state ar- mory. Wednesday: Regular gym classes. High school and Employed A. Thursday: Regular gym classes. Employed B and Juniors. Mceting of leaders’ corps. Friday: Organize baseball league, High schgol cl: second series, Em- ployed A. Oil Cans vs. Mohawks, Giants vs. C-Slovacs. Saturday: ond class, Sw J vs. H. R. ployed B. Bear Cats. Basketball: erbury Midgets; Waterbury Junior: Seniors. s, Em- series, Junior ants; Pigmies Makers. st series, Jim- class. All-Americans vs. Swatters vs. Babe Ruths. M. Midgets v: Y. M. Juniors vs. dual track meet, tters C TO U. S, london, March 4.—Alan Gow, pro- fessional to the Banstead Downs golf club, Surrey, who has been appoint- ed to the Iidgewater club, Chicago, leaves England on March 14 to take up his new position. He will be ac- companied by Forbes l.eith, his as- sistant at Banstead Downs. The Sur- rey professional is the latest addition to the considerable list of British players who have drifted to American links in recent years. Gow bhorn at Lochtan, Perth- shire in 1885, and represented Scot- land against England in the profes- sional international match at Muir- field 1912, He was for ten years at Gog-Magog, Cam- in bridge and went to Banstead Dowr in 1914, when Wilfrid Reid left th for America. CIGARE of Turkish cnd Domestic tobaccos—blended [ \ the local team .m.l\ , | who Wat- | RI\/ALS TO SETTLE ‘ STATE TITLE C LAIM' ‘\r‘\\ Britain Y, M. C. A, Juniors and Cherokees of Hartford, Arrange | Championship Game Here. ! Plans are being perfected for a| | basketbhall battle to determine the [Jjunior, champlionship of Connecticut with the meeting of the Y. M. (. A, | Juniors and the Cherokees of Hart- {ford, ‘The gamec will be played on the local assoclation court, some time | during the latter part o the month. | Both teams have excellent records this season. The Cherokees per- | formed at the State armory in a pre- ‘vllminury to ¢ of the Kaceys' Btute| | disposed of a hiy season, and ¢ w Britain team. v\mn\ made a very impressive showing. | | The "Y' Juniors have been going | |along at a rapid clip, losing but one game this season. The loculs have the following piayers: Sheehan, for- | ward; Morelli, forward; Neipp., cen- Iter; Dunn, guard; ancred, guard; ISchmidt, forward, and Patterson, guard. The | ACCEPTS CHALLENGE “Kid" Benjamin Loses No Time in spilling Ink to Defend a Claim of Welterweight Wrestling Champion. “In Saturday's Herald 1 see that Al Ventres has disputed my claim to the New England Welterweight Wrestling title. “Now, T wish to say, T will clafm said title regardless of him and am willing to prove my right to it. “1 have agreed to meet Alex Sobuta, claims to have beaten some of the best men in the country and gives that as his reason for wanting to meet me, as 1 also agreed to mect Eddic Shaboo, the U, . champion, who upon sccing my acceptance of his challenge got cold feet and no one has heard a word from him since, and Sobuta he can’t meet me till after darch 23rd as he has other matches booked. “Now' Ventres looms up as the third and in reply to him, all T have to say is, if he wants to dispute my claim, why he must do it on the mat, which is of course, the proper place, and if he wants to claim it, why he will have to heat me in a finish no- {hold barred match and till he does so 1 think 1 am justified in claiming the England title. “Trusting you will see that [ am in for good clean sports and that you will give Ventres a chance to look this over in your paper 1 beg to re main very sincerely “1, IVAN BENJAMIN, “New England Welterweight Champion Wrestler.” 1 WHITE AND DUNDEE Garden Management Signs: Chicago Boxer to Meet Junior Lightweight Champion On March 17, New York, March 6.—Krank Klour- ney, match maker at the Garden, yes- terday clinched two important boxing {bouts for Madison Square Garden pa- trons. Unable to et Benny leonard to meet Charley White for the light- weightt championship March 17, he did the next best thing and substituted Johnny Dundee. Ike Dorgan, man- ager of White, telephoned the left hook king at Chicago and Charley quickly accepted the terms. The other match will bring together ithe bantamweight ehampion, Johnny Buff and Joe Lynch. This bout is to take place three nights late, March “This time I'll knock Dundee ont, declared White over the long distance telephone to Dorgan. “I1 got a draw withi him up in-the Bronx, and I de- served the decision, but I beat him up |in Boston several weeks ago. I had |hopes of meeting l.conard, but after {1 knock Dundee out the public will {demand that Benny box me."” TTE S 1 Columbia “BABE” TO GET $500 BONUS FOR HOMERS PENNSY QUINTET HOLDS SLIGHT LEAD [ EOTT Quakers Are One-Hall Game Ahead of Princeton Tigers New York, March 6.—The basket- ball teams of Princeton and the Uni- i versity of Pennsylvania are still main- taining ‘their battle for first honors !n the Intercolleglate league. The lat- ter quintet is holding first place by the margin of half a game over the Tigers. Iuch team strengthened its position during last week by gaining wo victories, Princeton defeated and Dartmduth, while Penn vanquishcd Yale and .Cornell, 'The Quakers have now won seven games and lost only one for a per- centage of , While the runners-up have a record of six vietories ind only one defeat for a mark of .857. Dart- mouth tightened i grip on third place by scoring un easy triumph over raie, The New Haven. collegians dropped two games last week ind have still to win their first lcague contest. Penn experienced little difficulty in disposing of the Yale five early in the week, but on Saturday night the Quakers were forced to play through an extra period before gaining the Jde- cigion over Cornell. Columbia Princeton a hard battie, but by the The local players are in filth plac half a game behind Cornell. Pulleyn, the Columbia right guard, was displaced as leader n the race for individual scoring honors by Cullen, the Dartmouth right uard. The latter scored 32 points during the week and now has a total of 108. In the contest with Princeton he god fifteen goals from foul in twenty at- tempts. and in the Yale game he scored six field goals and five foul baskets. Grave, P’enn’'s star center, jumped from fourth to wsecond place by compiling 38 points in the games with Yale and Cornell. His total is now 105. Pulleyn dropped to third place and has 105 points to his credit. Loeb of Princeton is fourth with §2, while Luther of Cornell is fifth with 8$1. Cullen of Dartmouth has the most goals from foul, 78, and Grave leads in goals from the field with 7 The nding of the teams and !n- dividual scores Jollow: League Standing. W. Pet 875 857 667 286 .250 000 Pennsylvania .. Princeton Dartmouth Cornell Columbia Yale 0 6 O'H RI‘ DEAD, Young Pugilist lnjuml by Training Quarters. lewiston, Me., March 6.—Iidward O'Hare, a light heavyweight of New York, died in a hospital here last night of injuries received when he attempted a somersault@from the roof of a camp at Sabgttus Lake yes- terday. He landeéd in such a manner as to dislocate several vertebrae. Paralysis of the upper part of the| body followed and he died after an operation. ('Hare had accepted an offer fght (ione Tunney, by whom he was defeated in a Christmas Day bout at saisun Square Garden, He was 21 vears old. EDDIE Iall at Tigers gave them the victory. | pugiiist ' to | /BABE RUTH SIGNS FOR PRINCELY SUM Home Run Clouter to Get a $300 For Every Four-Base Rap He Makes, Hot ‘Springs, Ark., March 6.—Babe Ruth will wear a Yankee uniform for the next §hree years, at a salary of a ailroad president. What that salary will be the Colonel refuses to say, but hesides a fat pay envelope Ruth will BADBL RUTH receive $500 for every home run that he makes. At the end of the three- year period the contract provides an option for a renewal for two years more, Ruth and Luston came to terms and paper shortly before midnight Satur- day settling all arguments by pitch- ing a coin into the air. 1f Dabe won the toss he was to get his original demands. If he last he was to fail back on Colonel Ruppert’'s com- promise figure. Bahe yelled tails and the coin so registered when it settled on the carpet in Colonel Huston's room. TOMMY MlLTO‘i WINS Victor Averages 110.8 Miles an Hour mobile Race at Los Angeles. Los Angeles, (‘al, March 6.—'Pom- my Milton won the 250-mile national championship automobile race yes terday at the l.os Angeles Specdway at Beverly Hills, near here, in 2 hours 15 minutes and 29 seconds. Jimmy Murphy was second and Har- ry Hartz third. Milton's time for the distance said to have been within of the world's record established by | Jimmy Murphy at San Carlos, near San Francisco, Dee. 11, 1921, | Milton's average yesterday was [110.8 miles an hour. Pietro Rovdine, in one lap, whirled around the mile land a guarter track in 38 4-5 iec- | onds, an average of 117 miles an | hour, said to be the fastest time nver made on a mile and i quarter frack by A car of 152-inch piston displace- ment, | was in 250-Mile Championshdp /\um-l 18 seconds | WARD DEGLINES T0 COME T0 TERMS Yanks' Infielder Talks With Hug- gins, But Doesn’t Sign New York, March 6.—Down at the Yankee training camp in New Orleans today Manager Miller Huggins and his American league champions of 1921 were all dressed up in their snappiest scenery in anticipation of the arrival of Babe Ruth, fencer and record smasher and baseball's child of for- tune. Boost for Ruth They have been aprised of the face that Babe, by the mere flipping of a paltry copper penny, had won for himself a contract calling for a salary af something around $50,000 a year and a $500 bonus for each and every time he bumped the horsehide for a round trip of the sacks. That started the rookies to thinking today, and they galloped through their training stunts with an en- thusiasm that did not escape the eyes of Hugrins. Hugzins had only one worry left— Aaron Ward, and his sajary com- plaints. Yesterday Ward and Hug- zins tatked over their differences, but ‘afled to come to terms. Ward is re- yorted to be holding out for a salary bf $10,000 a year. McGraw Handling Colts John McGraw still was giving at- tention to his youngsters at the San Antonfo training, It Is unusual for the veteran leader to give so much »f his time to the rookies, but he has \ promising lot this year and proba- bly hopes to find material worthy of Invelopment. Trying Underhand Delivery At Jacksonville in the TBrooklyn Superbas' camp Sherrod Smith was busy developing his new pitching de- ivery similar to that employved by Zarl Mays, the Yankee veteran. Andy igh, the now Brooklyn inde'?er, wog eported to have impressed Manager Robingon by his work atveua Lead base, Yesterday Zack Wheat the Super- has' veteran outfielder entered train- ng and gave the youngsters in camp v few lessons In long hitting. Nap Rucker tried out his pitching arm in practice with the rookies and shewed ‘hem that he still had some of his ld slow ball cunning. ROUSH SEIS ) ., March 6.—-Prospacts Roush, holdout center- join the Cincinnati Na- team soon, appeared brighter today. Roush met the Reds’ train at Vincennes, Ind., yesterday. and had a serious talk with Manager Moran, according to a special dis. patch from St. Louis. In his conversation Roush was sald to have w: willing to eliminate the so- {called objcctionable features af his |pravious demands. He said he had ]hfl‘n misunderstood on these points, \and there was shinply a question |of getting the salary he desires. [ Al the players scheduled to start from Cincinnati this morning were ‘nrvv‘m with the exception of T.ouis |T"onseca, whose contract is yet un-' isigned. He is expected to report to {Manager Moran at Mineral Wells [within a few days. Cineinnati, that Eddie fielder, will tional league with imptied Moran, he When A Feller Nee_d; A and BY BRIGGS ,fl;l"t i l[/ | ‘.,A 'F ’l\“.‘l‘ ' pr |’ R