New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 1, 1923, Page 8

NAUGATUCK HIGH QUINTET, STATE CHAMPIONS IN 1922, LOSE TO PASSAIC “WONDER TEAM” --JOIE RAY PERFORMS BRILLIANTLY IN FW-RRITAIN DAILY HERALN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1924, GAMES AT NEW YORK, SETTING NEW WORLD'S MARK — CHICAGO SKATER HAS COMFORTABLE LEAD IN BIG TOURNAMENT AT SARANAC LAKE BIG RI NOT FOR JERSEY Baring Commission Oppesed (0 Goicago Fller Runs Wle and o Team Weakened by Loss of Dempsey-Wills Scrap New York, Feb, 1 That a Demp sey-Willard bout is barred far New Jersey is coneerned, was definite 1y established yesterday when Chairs man Louis Messano of the Athletic Commission, of that state, took a de elded stand against a return hout be tween present and former heavyweisht ehampions. “If an application had been made for the bout in New Jersey, we would not have allowed it,” said Chairman Messano, when asked if there was any truth in the report that the bout was scheduled for Rickard's arena in Jersey City where Dempsey knocked out Georges Carpentier, “"New Jersey is opposed to the Hout' s far as could he learned yester. day the heavyweight title situation is now at a standstill Promoter Tex Rickard s practically reconciled to| rejection of a Dempsey-Jess Willard battle, and hesitates about agreeing to hold a Dempsey.Wills bout through fear of possible developmenta adverse 1o boxing because of the racial qun--! tion invelved In a mixed struggle for| the title, Tom O'Rourke, matchmaker, will today visit the . fice of Jack Kearns, manager of Jack | Dempsey, prepared to submit for the | Jast time his proposition for the champlon’s services in one, two or| three bouts at the Polo Grounds. | O'Rourke, manifestly impatient and | exercised over the lack of considera- | tion his offer to Dempsey has elicited | from Manager Kearns, yesterday de. claréd his intention of withdrawing us| a bidder for a world's heavyweigh championship bout unless Kearns ac- cepts his offer immediately Is Kearns Duciing? | “I am beginning to think that| Xearns is dodging a bout between Dempsey and Harry Wills,” said O'Rourke. “1 don’t think for a minute think that Dempsey fears the negro. Dempsey, I am sure, would fight at the drop of a hat. But Kearns | as far as I can learn, is seeking by every subterfuge to escape discussion | of a Dempsey-Wills hout, “] have an appointment with Kearns for Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock. T will go to his office prepared to submit my proposition in a sealed bid. If he likes, he can accept it or give some indication of the fact that the offer appeals to him. If he does not like it, he can reject my offer and 1 will withdraw quietly as a bidder. I do not intend to chase around in circles any longer."” “I have offered Kearns an attractive proposition for Dempsey's services against Wills and on2 or two other op- ponents to be selected by me. But to date .Kearns has not given me a defi- nite response. I cannot account for his hesitancy, unless it be that he is unwilling to consider Wills as a rival for Dempsey. “1 have a place where the bout can be held and I have sufficient guaran- tee that a Dempsey-Wills match, can be promoted to warrant my bidding for it. In addition, there is every as- surance that such a contest would amply repay Dempsey for risking his title.” S0 as ! Polo Grour No Definite Plans Yet Manager Kearns declared yesterday that his plans for a Dempsey title bout wede no nearer completion than when he arriveg here. He reiterated his de- mand at the promoter securing Dempsey’s services would be com- pelled to deposit $100,000 in cash, with the understanding that such de- posit be subject to Kearn's call in the event of an emergency preventing a bout. . The agreement Kearns signed with Rickard last week, in which the cham- pion's manager bound himself to re- ject all offers from rival promoters until Rickard had a chance to inves- tigate conditions, expired yesterday. Whether this agreement will be re- newad neither Kearns nor Rickard would say yesterday. Dempsey returned to his headquar- ters in the Hotel Belmont yesterday | after a visit to Lakewood, N. J., where the title holder inspected several pregpective sites for a training camp. He gays he is eager to get away from the city an enjoyv the quiet of the sountry. INDEPENDENTS SWAMPED | Travelers Rout New Britain Team, 58 | to 25 on Hartford Court Last| Night. The New Britain Independents met defeat last night at Hartford, the Travelers quintet putting across a 58 to 25 victory. Tyndell and Restella of | Manager Lanpher's New Britain team played with the winners. Tyndell had | a big scoring night, with seven field| goals and 16 out of 19 tries from the feul line. For the New Britain team, The summary: | velers Independents Dudack | Restella, Tuohey . Walthers | Left Forward. .. E. Walthers | | Biegrist, Killian Baxe, Schrodel Right Guard. | Carpenter, Clark ... 3 P Left Guard. ! Beore, Travelers 58, Independents 26; fleld goals, Tyndell 7, Restella 3,/ Tuohey 2, O'Hara 4, Carpenter 5, Du- 1, W. Walthers 2, E. Walthe 2 6; foul goals, Tyndell 16 out| of 19 tries, Dudack 3 out of 6 tires;! yeferee, Dillon. DRAFTED TO YANKS { Loulsville, Feb. 1.—Elbert Johnson, handed pitcher and a stud»ml thel college has been drafted by | New York Yanks from the Aber- elub of the Dakota league. . ; Carrozza NG BATTLE JOIE RA | SCTS Hall in 6:41 45 New York, Feb, 1.—Jeie W. Ray the wonderful little Hlincis A, C, flash, is still America's foremeost middles distance runner, This he demonstrats ed last night in Madison Rquare Garden at the annnal indoor athletic meet of the Millrese A. A. before a erowd of 10,000 wildly track and field fans, He won the Rodman Wanamaler one and one-half mile special run, created a new world's record for the distanee and gained permanent possession of the seeond trophy offered in this anaual d floor classie. Racing & nst a fisld of nine midable rivals, a coliection of op- ponents whieh represented the best the country had to offer in opposition 10 the country's foremost middie-dis- tance runner, Kay captured the covet. od prize in the unprecedented time of i minutes 41 4.5 seconds, displacing his own world’s record of ¢ minutes 42 2-0 seconds, made wien the little Chicagoan won the race last year, ay's Work Features Chicagoan's record perform. nee was the outstanding feature of a ht which will go down iIn athletic tory as one of the greatest occss| slons ever known in amateur athletic union circles. Four other world's records were established in the course of this history-making indoor tra meet which attracted one of the larg- est crowds yet drawn to an event of Its kind here, Ray's victory gave him his second Wanamaker trophy. He won the first for- The | trophy outright through victories # | Winsted: Reynolds, 1917, 1918 and 1919, In 1920 Ray ecored his first leg on . the latest trophy, and a victory last year gave | the Chicagoan his second leg, after his defeat in 1921 by Hall Cutbill. Ray's record triumph last night | clinched the cup for the Chieago star. Ray's time by quarters for the race | were: “irst quarter, 1:04; one-half, 2:13| threc-quarters, 8:20; mile 4:26 | mile and one-quarter, 6:24 2.5; | and one-half, 6:41 4-5 | Connolly Scts New Mark | To Jimmy Connolly of Georgetown | University, the “Boston string boy,” went the distinction of establishing one of the other four world's marks. Running one of the best races of his | career he captured the second decision | of the two-thirds of a mile run, an| annual feature which this year was divided into two races because of the unusually large entiy. Connolly raced to vietory over Ray Wateon of the Illinois A. C the remarkable time | of 2 minutes 5 seconds, eclipsing | the o!d mark of 2:46 2-5 made by the veteran Mike Devaney of the Millrose | A. A. last year. | The speedy Loren Murchison, for- mer St. Louis “flash,” spurted to a| record in the sixty-yard invitation | sprint, in which h: was opposed by three of the country's best sprinters. | Competing here unattached uatil he becomes eligitle to represent the Newark A. C., Murchison brested the finish line a winner in the phenomenal time of 6 2-10 seconds, shaving one- fifth of a second off the old record of 6 2-5 seconds, made by Lon Meyers first in 1882 and since equaled by about a score of sprinters. The Vulcan Girls' Club broke the fourth record when its team set new figures in the quarter-mile relay. CATCH LAST TOLEDO ROBBER Bandit Held in Davenport is Called One of Million-Dollar Gang Toledo, Ohio, Feb. 1.—Nathan Ot- terback, alias James Colson, the last member of the gang that held up and robbed the Toledo post office of more | than $1,000,000 on Feb. 17, 1921, is under arrest in Davenport, Towa, ac- cording to word received here. Joe Urbaytis, leader of the band,| who broke jail on Labor Day, 1921, following his conviction is still at liberty. Charles Schultz, James Sansone and George Rogers are in the Federal penitentiary and Eddie O'Brien, cap- tured in Los Angeles several months! ago, is awaiting trial. 3 mile Davenport, Iowa, Feb ", Saunders, self-styled™ the North,” who dangerously wounded | a Davenport policeman on last Priday night, and James Colson, who figured | in the mullion dollar post office rob- bery at Toledo, Ohio, are one of the| same, according to C. D. Brown of, Minneapolis, Special Agent of the Minnesota State Bankers' Association, though Saunders denies his identity, enthusiastio | ¢ | NEW DRITAIN HIGH | " NEW WORLD'S HARK. READY FOR WINSTED Murtba, Who Quits Squad | Tomarrow #night the N, B, H. §| basketball team will go to Winsted to| play the Gilbert High sehool team 041 that fown, The Winsted team fell twice hefare the Hardware eity quin- tet last year and if New Britain dis. plays the form it has shown in the ames to date there is no reason why it should not win This game may give Coach Cassidy & chanee to get a line on his substi- tute material. The team is not only fixed well on regular material but A's0 has several substitutes who have shown signs of developing into first. class stars, The most prominent util- ity men on_the squad are Belser, O'Brien and Grip. The latter was recently made oligible for participa- tion In athieties providing he keeps! up in his studies, Belser and O'Brien have proven their abllity in the games they have played in so far, Other substitutes who have shown abllity in the practice games so far ure, Baker, Naples, Derdoriang and Huber, Baker and Huber are for. wards while Naples and Derdorian work in the hack court, Murtha Leaves Squad, One of the hardest losses to the feam to date was the announeement by Battler Murtha that he has quit the squad for the season. MHis dis- greement with the athletic authori- ties is the reason he gave for his ac- tion. This will end his chance to get a white sweater. His place will be filled by John Grip. The following nen will probably make the trip to LaHar, McCabe, Weir, Neipp, Belser, Grip and O'Brien, YETERANS 10 PLAY Johnson, Harmon, Cronin and Dwyer in Linenp With the X-Y Quintet at State Armory. T'our veterans of many a hard fought basketball battles in Connecti. cut will appear here next Saturday night with the X-Y quintet of Hart- ford, against the New Britain team, at the State Armory, viz., “Yump" John- son, Hap Harmon, Tim Cronin and BLilly Dwyer. With this quartet will also be “Dutch” Leonard, a corking fine performer. Dwyer and Cronin, by their splendid work this season, have put the New Haven Kaceys back in the good graces of the Elm City fans. Harmon played a few games with the New Britain team this sea- son. Leonard showed a fine brand of basketball here a few weeks ago when he led his Hartford Kaceys against the home team, winning a warmly contested affair. It will be Johnson's first local appearance of the season. Clyde Waters will referee. TO RELEASE PLAYERS, Cincinnati Reds to Drop Two Twirlers AVho Ask Salary Increases Cincinnati, Feb. 1.-~Conditional up- on the completion of the deal for Rube Benton and Tom Shechan by the Cincinnati club, which must turn over certain players wanted by the St. Faul American association club in exchange for the two pitchers, Jack Gillespie and Carl Schnell, pitchers with the Reds last year, will be given their unconditional releass’ it was said, at club headquarters today. Although neither of these hurlers did much work last season, it was said both returned their 1923 con- tracts with demands for increased salaries. Eastern League Schedule Committee Meects Sunday Springfield, Mass., Feb. 1.—~The schedule committee of the Eastern Ieague, consisting of A. J. Shean of the Springfield club, D. J. Haylon of the Pittsfield team and Clark P. Lane, Jr., of the Bridgeport club a treas- urer of the Ilastern league will meet at the Hote] Cooley 8unday at o'clock with President O'Nell to dis- cuss the 1623 schedule, The committee will examine a | vought draft of the playing slate and it the schedule meets with approval, it will be mailéd to the directors of the league. WHITE TO MEET KANSAS New York, Ieb. 1.—Charley White, | of Chicago, and Rocky Kansas, of Buffalo, lightweights, today were matched for a 15-round bout at Madl- | son Square Garden, I'eb. 9. Champion —_On His Honeymoon unto himself a wife. |@ames against Hartford opponents, It {to bring about a vietory Speaking of Sports BY CLEMRIN oomees New Britain basketball teams are ot faring very well this season in looks as though it is going to be up fo the New Britain High schoel team | over the Blue and White hoopsters, The Naugatuek High sehool quintet made a gallant attempt to eheck the wonderful record of the Passaie (N, J.) High school team yesterday, but the Bere hoys went down te defeat, Of the Connecticut lads it ean be said that they did better tHan many of the opponents of the Skeeters, Babe Herman of New York and Eddie Wugner of Philly fought a 12 round draw at Hartford last night Many of the fans expressed dissatis. faction over the showing made by the boys from the big citie Charlie Pilkington of Meriden de- feated “Kid" Dube, junior lightwelght champion of Canada, in a ten-round bout at Providence last night, Pilk- ington is on the trail of Al Shubert, the New Bedford, Mags, lightweight, Jole Ray, the crack Ilinois A, filer, gave the followers of the board track running sport somethine to ta' about last night when he set a new | world's mark for the onc.mlie anu a half event, Captain George Owen starred for the Harvard hockey team last night, In defeating the Milwaukee team at the Boston Arena, 3 to 1. Mrs. Caleb F. Fox of Huntington sprung a surprise yesterday | at Belleaire Heights, Fla., by defeat-| ing Mrs. Dorothy Campbell Hurd in a golf mateh, 2 to 1. Mrs. Fox will next meet Miss Glenna Collett, wom- en's national champion, Battling Siki, the Senegalese boxer, now finds the doors to England barred against him, The home office has re- fused him permission to land in BABE ADAMS 10 PLAY AGAIN WITH PIRATES | Manager MeKechnie Induces Veteran Hurler to Chiange His Plans About Playing With Independent Toam Pittsburgh, Febh, 1.--Nabe Adams, veteran piteher of the Pittsburgh Na- Honal league baseball team, notified t Pirate management last night that he would sign a eontract to play 5 with Pittsburgh during the coming|tuek (Conn,) High school five, which season, ported that Adams had year contract to piteh for of the Pittsburgh elub gave the mat ter little attention until a letter from the veteran told of an offer from the western team, Manager Tl MoKeeh- nle was ordered by President Darney |astie fans, all anxious to see Dreyfuss of the Pirates to hoard a|home team break Passiac's great re train at once and “gé have a talk with |ord, Dreyfuss | in Passaic's defense, but was unable Adams” McKechnle and exchanged a number of telegrams on (to make its shots registeg, the subject, and last night the glad [of the illness of Merelis, “nm west that [ to center, tidin came from the Adams would appear in a Pittsburgh uniform during the 1923 seagon, Johnny Buff Is Beaten by Unknown in California Oakland, Cal, Feb, 1—"California" Joe Lynch won the referee’s declsion over Johnny Buff, former American fiyweight champion in a four-round bout here last night. Both men staged an exhibition bgut for the first two rounds, after which Lynch as- sumed thq aggressive, HEYDLER OPPOSFS PLAN Boston, Teh, 1.—President John A. Heydler of the National leagne differs with President B. B. Johnson of the American league on the question of lieensing baseball players. Joseph A, Collier, who has introduced a bill in the legiglature which will be given a hearing today providing for a state licenses - for professional ball players, 1eceived a letter from the National league head characterizing the pro- posal as impractieable. “Such a law would be considered another abridg- ment of personal liberly,” Heydler wrote, Johnson favored the plan in a Blighty. letter last week. She Holds High Position Mrs. T. V. Wesella, Oakland, Cal., who says she's world's only woman President Lowell Approves of Har. steeplejack, is shown here on her way up a 200-foot smokestack she's con- tracted to paint. Though she daily fiirts with death, she says marriage is “It's taking painting the the greatest hazard. greater chances than cagle on a flagpole,” she says, “but I happen to be happily married.” The husband also is a Atseplr-,‘nr!’(. There’s at Least One in Every Offic DID You EVER SEE WiLL ROGERS ON THE STAGE ? Do You Know ! VIOLET HEMING | | 180 T SHE 15 Here is the boxer and his bride spending their honeymoon at Atlantic City. i ; | World’s welterweight champion Mickey Walker recently took! |GRAND T WHAT \ls SKE LIKE? B A NOW'N THEN Yew- VILET WID =+ UNOWN HER FOR YEARS * DON'T You THINK MARGOLA GILLMORE JUST LoveLy ? A NICE 18 LOW HER ‘To DINMNER Do. You REALLY KNow Tom INAUGATUGK HIGH LOSES T0 PASSAIC Conn, Champions Are Unable to| Stop Skeeters' Great Spurt Passale, N, J,, Feb, 1,—-The Nauga- Beveral days ago it was re. |last year won the state soholastie title, d & four. | met their first defeat this year in eight ) indepen. | Eames when they stacked up against dent team in Missouri, but the owners[the Passaic High school team yester. »|day afternoon, The score was 44 to 26 and the vietory was Passaic's 101st in a row, ' The visitors tame with 200 enthusi- their Na ek made many breaches Because as went In the second half Vander- heide relieved Hamas, who went to forward, and this proved to be the better team. Keasler agaln starred | for the champlons and Hamas had no dificulty In outshooting Harvey from the foul mark, The line-up: Passaic. Pashman Lert For\"l’lrd. Keasler .., tiieiiaeaas Andrews Right Forward Hamas ...... Bloomquist {Knothee ......... «vv0. Foley Left Guard, Krakowlitz ...., Right Guard, Substitutions—Passale: ‘Vanderheide for Hamas, Hamas for Pashman, Pomorskl for Vanderhelde. Nauga- tuck: Shea for Bloomquist, Bleom- quist for Shea, Chevaller for Bloom- quist, Goals from field, Keasler 6, Ham- as 6, Krakowitz 3, Knothee 2, Pomor- ski, Harvey 6, Andrews 2, Minsky 2, Bloomaquist, IFoley; goals from foul, Hamas 8 out of 11, Harvey, none out of 7, Andrews, 2 out of 3; referce, Harry Wallum, Union Hill; time of halves, 20 minutes, MEET IS SANCTIONED Minsky vard and Yale Competing at Lon- don Next Summer, Cambridge, Feb. 1.— Harvard and _Yale will meet Oxford and Cambridge in an international track meet next July in London, it was announced yes- terday. The authorities of both nni- versities have given their sanction for the meet, President Loweli signifying his approval just hefore he left for Lurope. A meeting of a committee to decide detaids which was scheduled for today was postponed until Satur- day on account of the illness of J. T. Blossom, Yale graduate manager. At this meeting, the date of the meet will be decided on, and a number of other details. The Harvard members of this committee will be William A. Barron, chairman of the track ad- visory committee on track; W, J. Pingham, who conducted the negotia- tions with the British university sev- eral weeks ago, and Fred W. Moore, graduate manager of the Harvard athletic association. ARMY SWAMPS AMHERST Cadet Basketball Team ‘Wins Straight—Secore is 50 to 11. West Point, N. Y., Feb, 1.—Army swamped Amherst at basketball yes- terday winning a one-sided contest by 4 score of 50 to 11. It was the cadets’ 11th straight victory this season. Vichules and Forbes starred. 11th MARGE 15 A GREAT LITTLE PAL OF MINE — 1 Toox HER ovT To DINNER WHAT Do THINK OF CRAVEN - GooD ISN' Do | Hpiow Tommy MEIGHAN ONE CF MY BEST LUTTLE PALS =--OUT TOG‘ETHER EV' NIGUT L+ WHY Tom V3, KASKY WINS DOUBLE BVENT AT SARANAC Chicazo Boy Now Has « 30-Foint Tead in Geld Oup Skating Touruey faranae Lake, N, ¥, Feb, 1-=iiar- ry Kasky, Chicago, scored u double victory jn the Adirondack gold cupe championship races on Poutiae rink here yesterday, winning the one-half &nd three-quarter mile avents, Kasky and Charles Gorman, 8t John, N, B, fought out both races and apparently will centinue their battle for vietory in the meet, Kasky now has 90 points and Gorman 60 with their com- petitors trailing well back, Charles Jewtraw, Lake Macid, gave Loth Kasky and Gorman, a brisk con- test In the preliminaries, but fell in the semi-final half mile race and was carried from the track with a badly cut knve, He is not expected to ap- pear in contests today. Kasky slid over the tape in the half-mile a scant few inches ahead of Gorman, while 'rank Garnett, B8t John, N, E., and Willlam Murphy, New York, were tied for third place, The winner's time was 1:18 4.5, Garnett and Gorman started a sprint when within two laps of the final round In the three.quarter mile 1ace but falled to maintain their lead, Kasky finished first well ahead of Richard Donovan, Johnson City, and Gorman managed to make third place, The tim2 was 2:14 1-6. CONB HARR ANDIT STAYS Combed All Day—Glossy, Well-Groomed Millions Use It—Fine for Hairl —Not 8ticky, Greasy or Smelly A few cents buys jar of ‘“Hair- Graom” at any drug store, which makes even stubborn, unruly or shampooed hair stay combed all day in any style you like. ‘“‘Hair-Groom" is a dignified combing cream which gives that natural gloss and well- groomed effect to your hair-—that final touch to good dress both in business and on social occasions. 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