New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 15, 1922, Page 8

— NiW=BRICAIN DALLY " NEW BRITAIN AND HARTFORD BOWLERS TO CLASH IN BATTLE FOR PURSE HERE HRALD, FRIDAY, DECLMBER 15, TONIGHT —MORE HONORS ARE ACCORDED STANTON Asy - LOCAL FOOTBALL STAR, AT MIDDLEBURY — ALL-NEW BRITAIN BASKETBALL QUINTET GOES DOWN TO DEFEAT.AT MERIDEN—ZBYSZKO BEA M e e GRARTER OAK FIVE 81 TOBOWLAT ROGERS' Crack Team From Hartford fo 8 & Oppose Local Quintet Tonight Bowling teams representing New n and Hartford wiil resume a i lopg standing foud on the Rogers i Recreation allpys this evening, when the selected quintet of local stars will up against the Charter Ohk Five the Capital City. The Rogers' | entry will be as follows: Frederick- ¥ son, Thompson, Ioote, Willie Bren- néeke and “Kid” Frisk. < The Charter | O4% team will be composed of Orsini, Casmen, Waters, Burns and Barthol- mey. The match iy for $50 a side, The Tesults of games rolled last § night at the Rogers and Casino al- 16 are as follows: R. & E. FOREMEN LEAGUE. 81— 250 220 87— 244 81— 266 321 970 864—1032 79— 201 STAN. ZBYSZKO FAILS TO REGAIN TITLE Mighty Pole Is Beaten By Ohamplon Lowls at St, ‘boul»—R‘a-nrd - Crowd Bees Bout. Bt. Louls, Dee, 16.—KEd, (Strangler) Lewis of San Jose, Cal., today re- tained his title of world's heavywelight wrestling champion after a gruelling three-fall mateh last night with Stan- Islaus Zbyszko from whom he wrested the champlonship a year ago at Wichita, Kas, Outweighed and with additional handicap of 12 years In age, the Polish veteran of more than 1,100 ring battles brought all his craft into play In his second attempt to regaln the ‘title, taking the first fajl with a | am- ed him flying mare when he threw th plon over his head and sm against the floor. Lewis' crushing headloék won the second fall, however, after a serles of toe holds weakened his 43-year-old,| .| 6pponent, In the struggle for the fall, Zbyszko's right shoulder was dis- located and it was with an arm lock around the injured shoulder that Lewls won the third fall and mateh. Zbyszko gamely went on for the de- ciding fall after his shoulder had been snapped back Into- place and fought his way out of dangerous holds repeatedly after his seconds were about to toss in a towel in token of defeat. The ‘men wrestled before the larg- est crowd that ever saw a‘mat con- test here, approximately 12,000 per- sons. Receipts were approximately $16,000. Lewis received $7,600 and | FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Eight Games Listed for Blue Eleven Next Season New Haven, Deec. 15.—Yale will play elght football games next. fall, two being dropped from the list of ten permitted last season. The new agreement between Harvard, Prince- ton and Yale, signcd by the prestdents of the universities, to take effect Jan, 1, caused the shortening of the schedule. 3 By mutual agreoment the contests which wére scheduled with Bates, Williams and Carnegie Tech last sea~ son will be omittéd. Willlams and Bates feel that playing a big univer- sity rival used the squad up physical- 1y, and the Curnegie date was given to the University of Georgia. Yale has rencwed its agreement with the Army. Two years ago the West Pointers were given permission to go to Yale twice for annual matches, and the War Department has allowed the plan to be continued. The. Army team, like Harvard, fill theé Bowl to its limit last seasdfl. West Point and Princeton will be the Yale headliners in the Bowl next fall, the Army being met just two weeks before Prlnclom Beven of the games will be played in the Bowl, the Har- vard game, which closes the season, being the only game to be played away from home, Bucknell and the University of COMPLETED AT YALE | o'clock. - peaking | of Sport_s &Y CLERKIN - - There will be a meeting of the Rovers A, (! basketball team this evening in St. John the Evangelist hall on Newington avenue at Plans for the coming scason will be disclssed. Mombers of the Itussell & Erwin Foremen's Club Dowling league will bring the rall season to a close on Wednesday night with a banquet and theater party. The banquet will be served at 6 o'clock in the clubhouse, after which the party will adjourn to one of the local playhouSes. The volley-bali schedule at the Y. M. C. A. tomorrow night js as follows: 0)d Timers vs. Vulcuns, In, the rst game and the I‘rowsulom& vs. the Champions ir the seecond game. Considerable Imeresl is being shown ‘n the basketba;l in-tlle scheduled to- morrow afternoon Lefween the Pirates and the Indeprndents of the Saturday Afternoon lcfigue. 1he teams are tied for first place In the race for the pennant. In the cother game sched- uled, the 8enceas and the Vikings w‘ be the coutextants. n, the “home ‘run king” of the Eastern league last sea- son, is th> first player to affix his signatare ¢ a Springfeld contract ror next year. Colonel Huston, one of the owners of the New York *'ankees, has an- e of the major leagues at Commodore yesterday afternoon. a hig majority the magnates decided that sueh purchases and become an abuse, tending to weaken the smaller ctubs and benefit only the powerful and wealthy clubs. BAN 15 PLACEI: " ON AT DEALS for Baseball Trades New York, trades arter June 16, designed to pre- vent the two New York any others from loosening their purse strings and buying star players in the eat ofsthe pennant races, was the ef action taken at the joint meeting Hotel Dec. 16.—A curb the deals # June 15 Is Final Date Hercalter on clubs and By have The, effect of the action yesterday under the ban, Graw's most potent thereby taken away from him, ' the winter will be to confine most of the trading and buying to !8uch deals as those the Glants made for Arthur Nehf, Dave Bancroft, Irish Meusel and Hugh McQuillan and the Yankees for Joe Dugan will now be One of Johh Me- weapons was season, Baseball men, however, were skep- chases at all. tical as to whether the succeed of its purpose. that Comunissioner K. M. tertained the idea of forbidding the pennant winning club in each league from making any such trades or pur- But this more drastic suggestion was abandoned and the June 15 rule substituted. rule ~ would It is known Landis en- If, Ban Johnson lightly tossed that GIBBONS AND MISKE IN DECISION BOU' St Paul Heavyweillits to Clash To- night—Commission Makes Special Ruling. for Contest. 8t. Paul, Dec. 15.+-Billy Miske and Tom Gibbons, 8t. Paul heavyweolghts, will meet for the fifth time tonight in a ten round hoxing contest. A special ruling by the Minnesoth boxing com- misslon will permit a judge's decision, it being considered the previous mect- Ings of the two men have not estab- lished definite supcriority. One bout was called a draw, Glbbons holds two popular decisions and Miske recently won in New York on a foul, . Miske 18 28 years old and 186 pounds. Gibbons is 33 and welghs 176. Gibbons' reach s 77 inches, one inch greater than Miske's, Examining physiejans reported both boxers'in perfect physical condition. Victory for Gibbons by & knockout is predicted by his manager, * Eddie Kane. “I'll admit that Tom is the better boxer, but I am the better fighter,” was Miske's rejoinder to Kane's Pre- diction, “I have fought them all and have been stopped only™ once—by Juck Dempsey. I hope to force the fight- l:‘g at such a pace tonight that Tom ill welcome'the tenth round gong,” Miske sald. Gibbons feels that a decisive vic- tory over Miske tonight would put him in line*for a bout with Dempsey. HONORS POR ASHLEY welghs SCORER UPHE BASERAIL i iAction [ Pfissvx?‘ i Jomson in (ot g New York, D meeting of the Iy, soclation of Amc day at the Hote| ¢, {Junetion with th 10hut mes €wo big leagues. ey, ol Ig lengue cltivs wyj, ; in the association the meeting. Alon, action of routine 1. voted to uphold i g " of the New York .,.\:.pm‘ Y demned the action of |y Johnson of the Amerieay y BIVINE Ty Cobb u launy g 401 by ignoring th offeray ) game played here oy y i The motion 1o go oy rd port of the resolutioy Wiy . 4 votes to lavg § delphia representat; the motion under (e miypry that a vote to sustain i would po baseball writers in 4| citieg op as declining to serv: offiela] in futanre. A8 a malter of f. Ipart of the resolution upplieg gy writers who belong to the N chapter. 1t is also interesting vote to sustain the put the national organiyg nounced tkat 'in thc event of his selling his interest in the club to Jake Ruppert, he will r¢tire from the sport tor-a year, . record as declining to aceep! g official average of .401, byt lenves) to be decided by the indiviquy ters. The intention of the wag undoubtedly (o stand beng official scorer in question apg establish a precedent rather t, deprive Cobb of an average of, 400, A President Johnson was iy jappear before the meeting, not avail himself of the opporty bomb shell of his into the meeting, ine detopation was not heard outside the assembly room. ' In fact, if such a missle was hurled, the American ‘|teague head was on the receiving and ‘The Fordham . busketball quinte:|not the tossing end, for at the sug- will play Trinity «t Hartford teright.[gestion of Judge Landis the joint Nprdenpts . session passed a rule that hereafter “K14" Lewis of Hartford was given|when-the Commissioner issues a call the award over Willle Spencer of|for a joint.meeting a quorum will New York at Foot Guard hall last|consist of the number af' clubs that night. In the semi-final bout Dave|happen to attend. Palitz of New londcff was adjudged S =z e ’ KAPLAN AND HERMAN - the victor of Ycung Marcel of Hol- yoke, Mass. The declsion caused a wild demonstration of protest against Meriden and Pacific Gmst Light- weights Are Getting Into Great Condition for Monday Night's Battle Football Fan Picks Him As a Mem- ber of Second Team, Which Showed the Best ¥orm Against .Crimson. + A football fan up north has picked two elevens which in his opinion would rate well as an All-Americhn choice, This fan bases his selections on teamg which opposed Hamyard ‘as well as members of the Crimson team. From a local standpoint, it is in- teresting to note that Stanton Ashley, son of Mr. and Mrs. George B. Ash- ley, of Murray street, the star of the Middlebury eleven for the past three years, is named for a halfback posi- tion on the second team. The selections are as.follow: First team: Roberts, Center, left end; East- man, Harvard, left tackle; | Cross, Geoergla are the newcomers on the schedule. Browr will be played a week earller than before. The Yale management last night expressed keen regret that the Universty of ~ Iowa declined to come Fast \for another game. The Yale eleven will not be allowed to report for practice until about Sept. 20, the week before col- lege opens. The schedule follows: z © Oct. 6, Unlversity of North Caro- lina; 13, University of Georgla; 20, Bucknell; 27, Brown. wNovember 8, West Point; 10, Mary- land; 17, Princeton; 24, Harvard a. Cambridge. 234 78— 250 o 81— 278 81— 247 Zbyszko $4,500. TIGERS GET FRANCIS Griftith Sends One ¢ His Best Young Hurleps to Jungletown in Ex- change for Gagnon, New York, Dec. 15.—What may be regarded as a threat against the Yan- -+ 361 | kees came about yesterday when De- 91— 371, troit made a trade with Washington 248; which made Ray Francis, the prom- 308] ising young lefthander, a Tiger. - It 231317} 8éems quite likely that considerable cash figured in the deal and that it z:-— ::z, went to Clark Griffith's exchequer. — 276 87 103— 274 451—1306 tne decision. Jimmy Galvin of Wat- erbury was thc referce. i e . ' The basketrall team of St. Thomas' Seminary defeated the Cathedral High + ‘Goes Down to a 13 " Meriden. || All Detroit gave to the Senators, 100— 278 | according to the announcement, was Chick Gagnon, the “kid” shortstop who came to the Tigers last July from Holy Cross college, Ty Cobb planted Gagnon in Rochester for a spell and -~ then called him back. 103— 206 —1286 1~ 348 0~ 296 98-~ 267 80— 308 - 416—1224 | 88— 201, 7 86— 87— 256 81— 249 - 341 7| Francis was one of the most prom- ising of the young: pitchers of 1922, Cobb needed a lefthander badly and now presents a formidable = hurling array. . Griffith’s giving up a pitcher of the proniise of Francis for Gagnon, start- ed the rumbor factory buzzing. “What|. is Griffith planning to do with Roger | Pebkinpaugh?” they asked along the baseball Rlalto. It was sald that Peckinpaugh would figure in a three- cornered deal among the Yankees, ‘White Sox and would land in the uni- form of the Chieago ciub. ard's Title to Box Tonight at Madi- | som Sqvare Garden, 97— 218 09— 41 N i b o i s 1n N mE— 340 £ 382 EI 244 750 S 68— 242 83— 21 261 76— 221 81— 78, 225 20 88 242 8 T4 :Ql mo 75— 20 e ’ gm T a0y e + 83~ 2347/ from _New York, Dec. 16—Charley White of Chieago and Ritchie, Mitchell of Milwaukee, two of the foremost con- ténders for the lightweight title now & Teround bout it Matison " Buste round bout jn gon " Square a e’:“ ta:lcfi!.mwmle no definite ve been ‘made, it Is gen- Shally ‘expeotad’ that the winder Wil be given a chance to take the crown Leonard. itchell has already proved a dan« man when' in a bout staged by Anne Morgan two years ago he floored Leonard for - the - count of seven after the champion had scored three knockdowns,in first ‘round. In the semi-final, Jolinny Shugrue, who recently stopped je “Jackson in Jersey City will. meef Blino who fought a sensational draw with Jack Bernstein several weeks, DESCANPS SPRAKS UP | Paris, Dec. 15 35 Assoclatea Press) Descamps in a letter pub- lished by Le Matin tonight says ft will be impossible as sident of the club 6f ‘the boxin uniéss th latter iy removed or the hout is spec- -atthorized by the federation, : \ WEBSTER HOTOHKISS UAPTAIN, A1 Maketh of Eihion, Wil tud the I e gl ‘!m'rul sleven next CUBS TOHAVETEAN OF YOUNG PLAYERS {More Youngsters on Famous Chi- “cago Club Then Any in Leagu Chicago, Dec:' 15, —The Chicagh Cubs, will go into the 1923 National league: pennaft race with a team made up of more young players than §ild Must Be Removed it | & federas | ETeA any other club in the. major leagues. It also will be plloted by the youngest manager in the' oider organization, ‘Willlam : Killefeh, 84, who was re. appointed for a term of two years. Forty players are on ‘the club’s roster to report for spring training at Catalina Island. ' The majority were with the club ip 1922, when Manager| KiHefér began' thd process of recon- structing the ciub, and, with the ex: ception of Marty Krug, who filled ii at third base the latter part of the season, ‘will be on hand when called tgtather. « » “From this“array of talent, a club of seasoned players is expected, which should be an improvement over the 1932 gation, . which made a creditable showing® despite the fact finished in fifth place. | Pourteen pitchers 'of the Cubs’ roster will strive for permanent posi tions. Of these, only one, ' Grover Alexander, is a veteran. Although handlcapped part of the season 1922 because of a lame arm, hé still, has considérable pitching prowess, Four are southpaws. The Cubs are believed to have ac- quired star players in George Gran- tham and R. B. Barrett, who will eon- test with ten other men signed up for infleld positions. Charley Hollocher, rated as one of the best shortstops in the majors, should have no trouble ~winning his regular berth, but Ray Grimes, one of the leading first basemen in the leagué 11923, ad an excellent batter, may find some s campetition among the ther young men, o Oth:; :dld.te- for infleld berths in¢lude Johnny Kellelier, and Joé | Klugmann, who retutns from Atlanta. Betnie De Vievelros also comes back f6r another trial. Ten men are slated to 'M‘Qlc for outfield berths. The catching department should show .to ter adyantage In 1928, as Bob O'Farrell #hy developed into one of tk? best backstops in the league. He probably ‘will be tire firstestring re. eciver, but will find some strong com petition in Wirts and Leo Hartnett. 0 PUNDEE WINS ROUT. New, York, -Deo. 15.—Johnny Dufi- still Holds * his wvarlous boxing championships. Whak's miore to the olnt the aforementisned. JaWn 1y gw to held them toregc'm\ time to. - come if hie mever becomes engaged in @ene Delemont, the any more serious (& brawl than ‘claiged his attention last night at the Rink: Sperting ciub, he faced emphis lights ision after welght, Dundee got, the d went ‘rmc oxhibition thal v uled 13- rounds.’ school five of Springfield at Hartford yesterday, 44 to 23. Present indications poipt packed house at thé town hall Johnny Keoting of this city scheduled to start at right forward|Kaplan, the sensational team | meets “Babe” Herman, coast battler. Reports from the train- ing camps indicate that both boys are down to hard work in preparation 'for Monday night's miiL Iways in great condition. dij for the Trintty basketball against FFordham tonight. The Yale-Huarvard track meet wi]l be held on June 16, next year. H, i Brenkje of _“Sga;hll\hn-v chestér is mosi prominel men- tioned as manager of\the Waterbury club in the Eastern league next sea- son. Considerable interest was lhfin in this city in the result of the “Strang- ler” Lewis-Stanislaus Zbyszko wrest- ling bout at St. Louls last night. The defeat of the once mighty Pole, prob- ably brings to a close his quest to re- gain the title, which was wrested from him by the gigantic Kerituckian a year ago. v ' Gene Delmont of New York, who! only a short time ago gavelan ‘uneat-, isfactory exhibition -against “Kjd” Kaplan at Bridgeport, 108t & decision last night to Johnny Dindge at New. York. Accounts of the bout do net impress readers. ) RIOPEL TO LEAD HOLY OROSS is| Meriden next Monday, when the to a at Kl lightweight, Pacific Kaplan is Havin, d of several df the best of the D VILLA NOVA LEAVES GAME . Téam Off Floor at Lafayette, collége. ‘Worcester, Masg, Deo.: l'u.——Afbert Lafayette a 36 to Riopel, halfbael futlback, tte, w! lead. tehgrs, the little. Méridenite is now commanding the respect of the boys from the big town, and Herman, having ' listened to warnings that the “Kid” is no soft one, is also getting into prime condition, Dwyer has arranged a show ‘calling for 34 rounds of boxing, a card about as aftractive as has been booked in some time, Matchmaker Coach. Baxe ~Calls “His Basketball \ Easton, Pa. Dec. 15.—=With but 25 seconds of play remaining, the Villa- nova basketball team was called off the floor by Coagh Mike Saxe in jts game here, lnst night with Lafayette ‘oach Baxe claimed Referee sl |B. A, Briody struck' Captain ~Gray! when Gray quesationed a field; MaeDonald ‘of La al by gave leferee " was | Broldy stated after the game that be and chosén captain of the 1938 Holy Cross|put dp his hands in self detense dur- football team last night. fost * Riopel is a unior. & l;l;vie of a Man Arriving Home Ea RRIVIES Home CALLING HUS ° MaTe Hoe Moo ! Con = Tinve § PACING A LISTENS » FOR ANSWER ND - imwm R MiKE: | SHE 8. ‘ lNo ANSwer CALLS. SA LTTLE LoupER Hore Y G7s HASNK T N HuRT| MENTAL BENTI CA SEMC - ing the jostling that followed Mac- Donald’s field goal. rly (For once) IVE NEUBR Yale, left guard; Moynihan, Middle- bury, center; Dickenson, ; Princeton, right guard; Quinlan; Brewm, right tackle; Bjorkman, Dartmouthy right end; Buell, Harvard, . guarterback; O'Hearn, Yale, left halfback; » Owen, Harvard, right halfback; Jordam, Yale, fullback. [ 10 Second team: Gray,” Princeton, left end; Treat, Princeton, 'left tackle; Hubbard, Harvard, left guard; Xu- bale, Centre, center; Gréw, Harvard, right .guard; Baker, Princefon, right tackle; Hulman, Yale, right énd; Co- vington, Centre, quarterback; Crum, Princeton, left halfback; Ashley, Mid- dlebury, right halfback; Gehrke, Har- vard, fullback. HEBMANN COLGATE CAPTAIN Jerscy Athlete Is Chosen Leader of Basketball Team Hamilton, N. Y., Dec. 15.—Albert J. Hermann of Milltown, N. J., promi- nent in Colgate athletics,. has been elected captain of theé varsity basket- ball team to_ succeed Morgan B. O'Connor, forward in last year's team, who' has been deelared ineligible for the rest of the semester. Hermann is also caain-elect of the baseball nine. \ | CAMPBELL DECLINES OFFER. DBoston, Dec. 15.—Thomas J. Camp- bell, coach of the University of Vir- gipia football team this year has sent ‘work. to. authorities that he would be | unable to accept position for next season. Campbell is a former Har- lnrd player and coach. The All-New Britain h quintet went down to u def Meriden last night, when the | ployes club of the International} ver Co. took a fast battle, s to 32. For the All-New Dritain Harmon and Kilduff did good The line-up and summary: Employes A Center W RN BT s Right guard Left guard Employes Club . 2 0 New Britain ...§. o1 Goals: Meriden, Teagle Warner 7, G. Warner 1, Rieg Green 9; New Britain, Harmol Howe 2, Kilduff 4; fouls: Teagle 8, A. Warner Z; New Harmon §; substitutions: M Dosdowich for Teagle, . Wa G. Warner, Rice for Stretch; Britain, Ellison for Howe, Wi for Segrest; referee, I'rank B BOLEY SIGNS CONTRACH Raitimore, Dec. 15.—Joe Boléj {shortstop of the International Ifor whose services several league clubs have been dicker signed a contract continuing Wi Baltimore club for another was announced today. His was sald, wlll‘be $6,000. No ANSwWeR, LSTENS Mo®E INTENTLY ] o, (Lucy, JJREATED LUCY | WONDER whe Re SHE s/ [7E Hera Ive Been WAITIMG ‘BouT 4 AN Hour | TS A, WONDER You DT