New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 13, 1923, Page 8

N3 IW-BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 1623, -—m NEW BRITAIN HIGH SCHOOI. QUINTET DEFEATS MANCHES'I'ER TEAM — FLOYD JOHNSON BEATS BILL BRENNANIN 12-ROUND BOUT AT GARDEN ~TWO LOCAL TEAMS PREPARING FOR BATTLE ON THE BASKETBALL COURT — JACK DEMPSEY CLAIMS HE IS BOXER AND NOT A PRIZEFIGHTER JOHNSON IS VICTOR OVER BILL BRENNAN Jowa Heavyweight Beals Veteran Altera Splmed Bout New York, Jan, 13, Fioyd Johnson, young lowa contender for the heavy- weight title, hurdled one of his most serious obstacles last night in Madison Bquare Garden, where, before a sea- son's record erowd in excess of 14,000 he battered his way to victory over the veteran Bill Brennan of Chicago After a spirited fifteen-round clash in which the Loxers followed a pace that would have been creditable to middleweights, Johnson was awarded the decision of Judges Jack O'Sullivan and Tommy Shortell and Referce Pat. #y Haley, The verdict was eminently fair, for Johnson clearly worked his way to a commanding lead on points over his more experienced and heavier rival, The lowan, carrying the attack throughout with the single exception of the second round, belabored Bren- nan with a shower of stinging blows which upset Brennan's attack and had the Chicago veteran cut, bleeding and weary at the final bell. When the decision was announced, not a dissent- ing volce was heard in the great crowd In his vietory Johnson added ap- preciably to the prestizge which was his before the bout, and he qualified for other important battles against the heavyweights who menace the path to Champlon Jack Dempsey. Johnson May Meet Firpo It is probable Johnson now will be matched against Luis Angel Firpo, tie Argentine heavyweight, who is said 1o be on his way here prepared to em- bark on a ring campaign which has as its objective a match with Demp- Johnson did not exhibit the ability which would qualify him now as a serious contender for Dempsey’s title, The Towan is too yourg and crude in his boxing to cause the titleholder any alarm in the immediate future. He showed rare promise, however, and gave every indication of developing into 4 hvavyweight of the first rank. In beating Brennan, Johnson eliminat- ed from his path the man who-lasted twelve rounds against the champion thrée years ago, and accomplished this feat in a manner which left no room for doubt. Johnson's untiring offensive through the battle won him the decision. With the energy, strength, speed and stamina of youth, the Iowan forced the fighting at a pace that was Killing to the veteran Brennan, battle scarred survivor. of many hard ring engage- ments. Only the dogged courage and resourceful fighting instinct of Bren- nan saved the Chicagoan from the humiliation of a knoekout. Several times as the bout progressed Johnson had Brennan in danger, and | as each round came after the first half of the battle had been passed Brennan became that much more weary. Brennan Makes Great Stand CARPENTIER AND BECKETT MAY HEET IN LONDON Negotiations For Such Well Under Way—Georges Would Rattle Siki Again Paris, Jan, 13 Georges Carpentier, former heavyweight champion, and Joe Beckett, the British champion, has | been announced as tentatively settled | to take place in the Olympia, Lon. don, on May 14, The contract mr‘ the bout will be sent to Major A, J Wilson, British promoter, | Carpentier makes a eondition that a return fight with Battling Siki would take precedence, but there now seems slight ehance of this affair tak. ing place In the near future, The disqualification of Battling hll.l and the withdrawal of his title of middleweight champion of France ia held by the International Boxing union to invalidate also the other titles the Senegalese boxer won from Georges Carpentier, These titlos were | middleweight and heavyweight cham- | plon of Europe and light heavyweight | champion of the world. a Bout between Freneh ~A mateh | e T I | sourcefulness came in the fifteenth round, The Chicagoan was near a | knockout in this session, which fur. | nished the most esciting moments of the entire battie. Goth boxers were staggering in this final ehapter when | the crowd was brought to its fect with n desperate rally by Brennan and an even more courageous showing of Johnson. After forcing DBrennan about the ring, Johnson suddenly leaped in with a straightened Drennan up. Johnson Jjumped in to follow his advantage, but Brennan, swinging blindly and in des- peration drove home a left and right to the jaw which staggered Johnson. The lowan, driven back, dasbed in on the attack again as soon as he regain- ed his equilibrium, and amid the cheers of thecrowd battered Brennan | to the ropes, where a powerful right to the jaw staggered the veteran. The | men weakened under their own ex- ertions then and during the last half minute mauled each other. Johnson entered the ring a favorite in the betting at 5 to 8 after a sharp reversion of the quotations. The show- ing of the Iowan justified the odds. By the simple expedient of tirelessly keeping atop of DBrennan, Johnson | went away to a lead in the first| round, and in every round but the second carried off the advantage. In! his assau!t Johnzon repeatedly pressed his rival to the ropes and had Bren-| nan's head bobbing on the end of a stiff left-handed jab which opened | cuts over both of Brennanbs eyes early | in the fray. Johnson had Brennan completely bewildered with his varied attack. H"' directed his blows at long range to the face or body as the emergency | demanded, and at close quarters kept | | J | outbursts of aggressiveness Brennan's greatest exhibition of re- | Miller . Bertini Edward, Christ Johneon . Belander Howe . Noanan J. Coyle . Cage .. 4 Mohican Market Dickerson Tarrant Hurgermer WcGulre Whipple Bmith Johnson Taricani Riehter 4241302 Rehnber! .. 80— 2 Johnson . Wright . Prange Helistien Sullivan Dummy Coyle . Couch .. Jourdan Jonegp . Hanford Dummy Tummy .. Beranton . erson . 86— 370 81— 283 T%r— 83-- 228 up a steady, painful, strength-sap- | ping tattoo on the body and ribs. Oc- casionally Brennan would assume the offensive for short periods, but these | by the veteran were few and far between, Ag. Carisen A, Carison K. Landgren Houdi ; ¥, Brlcaon Lindholm ... CGustafeon . L. Ericson .. Huck Wright Hartney Vollhardt Thampson 4801403 Crowley .. 91— 209 Davis ‘urgen sutel ... ‘agan .. 211 304 Hepee Hall ... strickland AU oo Kinderlan Morey 67 Massey 243 | Norton Tullug ... . Barnes W, Barnes Samuelson Vagan eed 233 | 221 920 Bllnrhflle . Trudel Rolss . Massy Arazeau Farreau .. Tasi-128 left hook to the jaw, which | NEW BRITAIN TONIGHT'S LI New Britaia All- Kidurr 3 Restella ..., Walthers Center Shechan "lnm L’\llfl Siegrist ..., ) Left llurd Connecticut will play th attraction, In booking keeping its word to get, is possible, the best obtal traveling along at a wi best ol teams do. night at Hartford, the bhoys were nosed out | minute of play by t | Kaceys, through the et al. A Tip, Watch lecal courts in seasons Red Tops has join: ha ald, sgince he Manchester quintet, | made the team. peer in New the opinion of be interesting to Sheehan battle in the role tonight. the exp school star, garding their ability. | necessary, signed. He will tion where he be playing a back court tella, one of the busie: tion. Walthers will tonight. liu.t't 'Inru.unl umu.lng of Johnny Sheehan | city, who was with “Dutch” Leonard | Tonight the visitors vill again have the popular Sheehan to contend | with, as he has signed to play with | the Ellison-Tanpher organization, Wherever he | pears, he usually is spoken of as the star, both before and after the games. As a tosser of foul goals he has no England, according to] watch lete of considerable fame Benson is probably the only stranger to a local crowd. Crockett and Mad- den have been good so long that it is not necessary to go into detail re- TEAN INTIPTOP SHAPE ‘Reorganized Basketball Teun Hopelul of Deleating Manchester NE-UP, Manchester Vitzgerald lallselper Teft fim\ml Crockett d Madden Tonight one of the best teams in e New Br ain quintet at the State armory, when | [the All-Manchester five will this as far as Iinable, Sin the opening of the present basketball | season, the Silktown team has beon inning el losing a game now and then, as the, Only last Tuesday Manchest n the he Hartfos splendid fo of Fitz. Nearly every member of the visit- | ing team this cveping has shown on past. Prineipal interest will no doubt be shown in Fitzgerald, the former Fisk ar, who last season put | the Manchester Kaceys in the run- ning for the state league champion- ship by his brilliant work. TFitzger- A practical a ed the s erts. It w! him foul cchan With Yocals. The New Britain management real- |izing, after the poor showing of the team last week, that a shake-up was immediately got busy, with the result that Johnny Sheehan was be placed guard position, thus permitting Kil- duff to move up to a forward posi- rightfully Tedders is too good a point getter to Res- basketball players in Connecticut, will team 1&th Kilduff in the opposite forward posis At center the hard be back in the game ut game. st Eddie Siegrist will be in his usual be the' speedy | agmregation, the local management 15 last this; and | tossing | He will be teamed with Ballseiper, a former Manchester High and an all-around ath- up-state. belongs. working | Speaking of Sports BY CLERKIN pees cleaned their new The short-enders enough to assure them spring clothes last night, when IMloyd Johnson defeated Bill Wrennan at} New York, The veteran was a'top) | heavy favorite, It was another case where youth was served over age and experience, The New Brtain High school bas. ketball quintet played the 8t. Thomas seminary team at Hartford this aft- ernoon, 1 | i A, team 4 to The Middletown Y, M, €, dofeated the Hartford Kaceys, 17, at Middietown last night. Albert Cousineau, former Fordham | eateher and last season with the | Waterbury club of the Zastern league, has been signed by the New | York Giants, (18] it . Shubert of New Bedford, Mass,, ce ! -nd Jlmmy Cooney of New York will meet in the ring at Holyoke, Mass,, on Jan, 16, »| Barney Dreyfus, owner of the Pitts- | burgh Pirates, eays that not one member of his club has affiliated with the new players' union, er " The Meriden High school basket- , ball team defeated the Leavenworth High school team of Waterbury, 45 to 16, last night at Meriden, W. 8. Skelly of the Cherry Valley | Country elub of Long Island, yester- day joined the hole-in-one eclub, among the golfing folk. Playing in a foursome, Skelly made the 275- yard 18th hole in one shot. The Westminster Hockey club of New Haven defeated the Boston Hockey club, 2 to 0, at New Haven last night. | | | i i | i boxing commission that and The German has placed a ban on bouts in country between Germans | French and Belgian boxers, From all appearances Kid Kaplan will enter the ring t Meriden on rext Monday night, a 5 to 3 favorite to win over Mickey Travers of New Haven. - v p- | Stanley Kennedy, captain-glect of the 1923 Trinity football team, is a patient at the Hartford hospital, with an attack of appendicitis. He is well known in this city. The Yale swimming team defeated the Columbia swimmers 51 to 11, at New York last night. In a water polo match, the Yale team was vic- torious, 35 to 22. Former Champions Attend Big Bout at New York New York, Jan. 13.—Three former holders of the iworld's heavyweigat title were’ among the erowd which watched Bill Brennan and Floyd Johnson in their battle last night at Madison 8quare Garden. Jess Willard who held the titic ‘~r four years un- Lil Jack Demp: *iieved him of the crown in 1919, wus a ringside spec- tator, as were Jack Johnson, the big Galveston negro from whom Willard won the title in 1915 in Havana, and a —_— IF THIS HAPPENS s IT WILL BE GOOD »(Humdingérs and Dingleberries Threaten o Play Basketball The “baskethall game of the cen- tury” will be played “somewhere in New Britain” sometime within the neat two weeks, when the Humdinger A, C, will take on the Dingieberry A. C., two of the worst teams to ever display their forms on a lecal court. Negotiations have been under way #ince last winter, and while not yet eomplete, only the selection of a ref- eree Is holding up arrangements. Some Qiffieulty has been encountered in socuring a referee who knows less thout the game than the members of the respective teams, Edward A, MeCarthy, who levies taxes on the people of New Rritain, when not managing some - sort of team or other, will captain the Hum- dingers and play center somewhere on the court, probably under the Din- gleberry basket, where his six feet four can be best utilized and Jack I Hennessy, who {s remembered by the oldest inhabitants, but not as a bas- ketball player, will play one of the guard positions, . Frankie Buzio, whose father built some fine roads hereabouts, without much help from his son, will act as the other guard. Johnny O'Brien, New Britain's Mar. tinelll, who wants to wear his army shoes on the court, will be one of the forwards, and Bill O'Leary, who drives an automobile better tham he plays basketball, will act as the other forward. Fred L. McEnroe is busi- ness manager of the team, which transacts no business of any kind. The Dingleberries The Dingleberry five, which has held the champlionship for the past 12 years, during which time not a game has been played, is banking on the services of Sammy Gross, violin- ist, the best debater in the New britain Musicians' Union, who will be one of the forwards. Frankie Clynes, who inguires whether the same is played with a tennis racket or a hockey stick, will gambol at the other forward position, and John L. Sullivan, no-relation to the famous John L., will act as one guard, with Stanley Hellberg, whose father, Gus, often rides in the police patrol—be- cause of his connection with the po- lice department — will be the other guard. Johnny Kiniry, who is a good fellow and the chairman of the dem- ocratic town committee, will play center, maybe, and George Mojer of the city engineers.department, who failed to make any team he ever tried out for, will also appear with the Dingleberry quintet., The winners will banquet at the expense of the losers ‘“‘somewhere in Connecticut”-following the game (?). Arrangements will probably be made at the banquet for another game, or it may be playsd at the banquet. No fouls will be called. Running through the spectators with the ball is prohibited. Outside of that every- thing goes. ‘The ball must be put | through the top of the basket, balls }pasalng through from the under side counting a point for the. opposing |team. | RAPP PHILLI CAPTAIN. 1390 | 241§ 5| Towa City, 73| Locke, captain of the 1922 University position at guard, and with the skill- ful 8heehan playing alongside, of him, Iddie should prove a bulwark of strength on the defense. Jack Pelle- tier, one of the best and most popu- lar players that has graced a iacal floor in several seasons, will be in} uniform this evening. Jack has been under the weather for a few weeks. | |but has recovered and is now _in pretty good shape. Dave Elliason| will, in all probability, be the other utility man in uniforia. There will be the usual preliminary game at 7:45 o'clock. Ciyde Waters, of Bris. |tel will fil the role as referee. Dancing wili follew the blg game, | o IBane, Foot and Baskethall i Supporting at Princeton Princeton, N. J, Jan. 13.~Three ‘Frmr!s were geif-supporting at Prince- | Iton last year, it was announced here |today by the Princeton Athletic aeso- ciation. These were foothall, baseball and basikethball. Last year was the| first year that basketbali has paid ex. | ipenses, and the increased revenue from that sport testifies to its increas- ¢|ing popularity. The net revenue from | the Football association for the fis- |cal year ending July 31, 1922, was $150,345.92. Baseball netted $5,865, | ‘\\.19 le basketball brought in a net re- | [turn of $3,073.81. All of the ather\ sports operated at a deficit. I Kune Fltzpatrlck Appointed " Member of Tiger Faculty 2| Prineeton, N. J, Jan. 13.—Keene | Pitzpatrick, veteran trainer of Prince- S.um athletes, has been appointed ad- |Viser in athletics by the trustees of the university, it was announced yes- | terday. This appointment carries jwith it membership on the facuity committee on outdoor sports. s ;All-American Quarterback To Help Jones at Towa Ta., Jan. 13.—~Gordon of lJowa football tram, has been en- gaged as an assistant football and baseball coach here, it was announced |today. Howard Jones, brother of Tad (Jones of Yale, is head coach. Locke was selected as quarterback on Wal- ter Camp's All-American football team for last season. Jim Corbet Paul Harry Gre weight champion, and Harry Wills, were [ other fistic notables in the great crowd Dempsey's t. Tommy Gibbons, b, American light heav: negro challenger, W. VA, Morgantown, W. Va., Jan. 13.—Dr. | W. Spears will coach the West Vir- ginia ‘team again next year, and there!'to make is absolutely no basis of fact in the many rumors about his going to Col- umbia, Wa: institutions, Director of Athletics H. A. RETAINS DR. SPEARS shington State and oth Stansbury said here. That Guiltiest Feeling (' —— HEY-v-v! WHERE You GOING Wi TH THE GOLF ) THAT'S A GooD ovE ' Go oN WHAT ELSE ARE Yeu GOIG For? ComE onN - TELL True TRUTH St chailenger for Dempsey's title; Manager Fletcher Names the Third | Baseman as Field Leader. ! Philadelphia, Jan. 13.~Managet | Arthur Fletcher of the Philadelphia | National League baseball club, an- y- point Goldie Rapp captain of the Phiilies for the coming seasop. “Rapp is a smart third baseman| |and has the necessary aggressiveness a good captain” said | Fletcher. *“He is my cholce, provid- ed, of course, he is signed up and er | on { nounced yesterday that he would ap-| deck when the squad assembles | at Leesburg, Fla. I have no doubt that he will be.”" OH-H BOY v | KNOW WHY You'RE GOING T BerR-MUOA' M onN ! I'M GoiNG To BERMUDA A BOXER NOT PRIZEFIGHTER dack Says 5o Wimsell in an Answor s l:o.uo Suit Brought by Paiater, Los Ange'ss, Jan, 18.-~Jack Demp- sey In his angwer to the §35,000 dam. agé puit of Owen Bartlett, house painter; which is on trial In superior court here, declared he was not the “champion prizefighter of the world" but the “champion boxer of the world" Bartlott asserted that last Febru- ary while he was painting the new Dempsey residence here the cham- plen's brother, Joseph Hyram Demp- sey and Teddy Hayes, his former trainer, first quarreled with him over the work, and later leaped on him, struck and kicked him and tore his clothes to shreda. He contended that as Joseph Demp- sey and Hayes, were employed by the champion, the latter was responsible financially for their clieged actions, Hayes on the stand, declared he was not the champ's trainer; that he had given up his job as his sparring partner July 1, 1921, and since had been secretary to Jack Kearns, the champion's manager. YALE HAS IT EASY BEATING TRINITY FIVE Rejuvenated mur‘fluflm Make a Fine Impression in First Game of Season on Home Floor. New Haven, Jan, 13.—Yale's re- juvenated baskétball team last night defeated Trinity college five, 456 to 16, in a runaway game for the Elis. It was the first New Haven appear- ance of Joe Fogarty's men, and they ave a fine account of themselves, rinity never had a chance, the fine passing game and defensive work of the Yale men being a revelation to Yale basketball fans. Bam Pite, the New Haven boy; Captain Cooper and Haas were all over the floor and their fine offen- sive baffled the visitors. Haas was the best scorer. For Trinity, Captain Canner was deadly in his foul shoot;|N. ing. He played the best game for his team. The line-up: Yale Suisman ....oii0iiiieen Left forward / Trinity Keating +.vv... Montgomery Rlsht forward Pite Cooper Canner Mohnkren nght guard Pelker uard Goals from field—Yale: Haas §, Pite 5, Cooper 3, Conklin 2, Schoon- maker 2, Luman. Trinity: Keating 2, Pelker. Goals from fouls—Suis- man, 6 out of 13; Cooper, 1 out of 2; Canner, 10 out of 13. Substitutions—VYale: Schoonmaker for Pite, Stokes for Suisman, Conklin for Cooper, Cooper for Conklin. Trinity: Miller for Pelker, Ortgeis for Mohnkren, Ortgeis for Mont- gomery, Montgomery for Ortgeis. Referee—Walsh, Hoboken. Um- pire, Cramer, Jersey City. SPEAKER IS OPTIMISTIC. Thinks Indians Will Finish Higher in Ieague This Year, Cleveland, Jan. 13-—Mapager Tris Speaker of the Cleveland American league team is optimistic over the Indian's chances of finishing higher up in the Amérjcan league than they | did last season, when .they were only one game behind Detroit fer third plpce. Approximately 30 players will re- port to the Spring Training camp at ‘HIGH SCHOOL FIVE 1S AGAIN WINNER New Britain Deleats South Man- Chester, Soore 28 o 90 Displaying smooth pass work, & £ood offense, and a stone wall defense, the New Britain High scheol quintet downed the team representing South Manchester last night 28 to 20, Weir and LaHar did the best work for the locals, while MeCaughy played well for Manchester, LaHar started the scoring for New Britain by getting a point from the free throw line, After about three minutes of hard playing the South Manchester hoopstors evened the count, After a pretty dribble by La- Har, followed by & field goal, the lo- cals were again in-the lead, Me- Caughy, of South Manchester made two goals tying the score again, The tie was broken when LaHar got an- other foul goal, The visitors went ahead for the first time In the game on a fleld goal by McCaughy. At thiv stage of the game the rest of the New Britain team came to the rescue of LaHar, who had been making all the points up to this, time, Reynolds got one, putting New Britain ahead. After about three minutes of play Weir, who had been playing a wonderful defensive game, scored a goal from the floor. He soon followed this up with another, putting the locals in the lead, 18 to 10, This ended the frst half, Nelpp scored on a pass from Mc- Cabe, On the next play MeCabe dribbled the whole length of the floor completing the play with a pretty field goal. MecCabe again scored on a pass from Reynolds. At this stage of the game the locals were playing rings around the visitors. McCaughy kept shooting fouls, keeping his team within fair distange of the locals. Burke of South Manchester shot three field goals, bringing the team within three baskets of the locals, Weir and LaHar again came to the rescue with goals that put the game on ice, The lineup: B. H. S So. Manchester Rlnt ‘Forward Reynolds ........ Jensen, Thornten Left Forward Johnson, Bissel McCaughy Saunders enter McCabe Right Guard Welir 000000 Summary—New Britain, 28; South Manchester, 20. Goals from floor— Weir, 3; McCabe, 3; Burke; 3; LaHar, 2; Reynolds, 2; Neipp,~2; McCeughy 1; Bissell, 1; Johnson, 1. -Foul goals —McCaughy, 8; LaHar, 3; Reynolds, 1. Referee, Hayes. Scorer, Howard. The local second team got its re- venge by defeating the Silktown sec- onds 19 to 14. The work of Belser and O'Brien stood out prominently. The feature of the game was the bas- ket made by Belser while he was ly- ing on the floor. O'Brien’'s one-hand shot brought rounds of applause. The second team lineup was as fol- lows: Gierochowski. Goodale, center; Belser, O'Brien, Naples, forwards; Deradoorian, Murtha, Kania and Bea- gle, guards. Richmond, Ind., has an art gallery in its high school building. POPULAR ,g.l Gll! COMPO! :1‘3 COPAIRA AN Anl =u l.akeland, Fla. The pitchers will re- port. March 1 and the other members of the squad March 8. ‘u‘x;l OF mmm‘ m . HE SAYS HE'S GOoING To BERMUDA JUST To PLAY GoLF- - THAT'S WHAT THEY ALL I'Mm GoiNnG To PLAY GOLF _FOR ONE THING SAY - -No- 1 pioy'T MEAN. THAT- OHH - K NO'!! | THiNK YOU'RE GoNG To BERMUDA To STUDY THE FLORA AND FAUNA - AND ECONOMIC ConDiTionS ! GoNG AVOID The TRoVBLE oF TRYING B GET COAW Yes- AND I'm To RIDE A BICYCLE Tol AND SAVE OiL AND BASOLING