New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 9, 1923, Page 8

'NEW BRITAIN BOWLING DEFEAT ON HOME ALLEYS — JEWTRAW LEADS IN SKATING TOURNEY AT LAKE PLACID — TORPHY MAY QUIT EASTERN LEAGUE FOR SEMI-PRO RANKS — WHITE AND KANSAS TO MEET AT NEW YORK TONIGHT —EAGLES TRIM TERRYVILLE QUINTET SUKTONN BOWLERS |vmstsiur JENTRAW CLINCHES ROLL LIKE CHAMPS Visitors Show Hardware City Boys Something About Game The Manchester bowling team mafe good in its debut on the Logers Rees defeating seleeted | st night, Bill Brennecke's quintet, While the mateh was ranged on a pinfall basis, from the Silktown not only that respect, but also won all games, pinfall of 1,587, home team reation alleys Manager In a special three-man mateh aftes the big game, Fiske, Foote and derson, defeated Stratton, Wilkie and Anderson, The scores follow SPECIAL MATCH New Drituin Foote 5 Thompson Frisk Hrenne« E. Ande 408 Manchester, Stratton . % Wilkie Sargent Cole ... Anderson SPECIAL AFTER MATCH. New Brita 10 140 314 Manchester . 103 . 118 100 87— 11 9 91 114 Stratton ... Wilkie Anderson R. i, FOREMEN LEAGUE, Foxes, Massey . RN L T Rtalph Andrus . Powell Lobb . Ehle .... Kilduft . Shea . Hurd . Parker . Coney .. Scott . McCue Tomiin . Maynard . Hiltpold ... Darnstaedt . Burkhardt Connor .., HART & HUTCH ON LEAGUE. Stupes. ¥. Johnson .. 83 Wilcox .. €. Johnson Cronin' ... Scheidler Dopes, Guala . 95 Becvas Berndt Lrykens Dummy .. . Davis Andy Evans . Dean 8mith .. A. Fagan .. 1. Cronin E. Anderso! L. Peterson M. Granquist E. Olson ... TAPLIN ) Mendeline TRAUT & HINE. Suspender Buckles. e N 81 i the men won in three The visitors turned in a total against 1,630 for the 307— 961 g|dred times a day will give him the 19| “but look at ‘Little Bill,’ he is 5|and indulged in a short workout in | Jack said. 6 1 walker 3| Kunz AT GARDEN TONIGHT Chicago Boxer Expects to Beat Buf. falo Italian and Will Then go After a Match With Leonard New York, Feb, §.—~Charlie White, veteran lightweight, will get another crack at Benny Leonard's title pro- vided he defeats Rocky Kansas of Buffalo in their 16-vound fracas at Madison Square Garden tonight, This tempting bait has been offer. {ed to White if he annexes the decision over the Buffalo boxersby Billy Gib- son, Leonard's manager, The pro- posed hout with Leonard will be held {in the carly summer, Gibson said, White and Kansas meet for the first time tonight and the Chicagoan is held as the favorite, They are to make 135 pounds at 2 o'clock this afternoon, RANKING FRENCH TENNIS STAR IMPROVES SERVICE Henri Cochet, Davis Cup Star, Spend- ing the Winter in St. Moritz, Switzerland, St. Moritz, Bwitzerland, Feb 9.~ Henrl Cochet, the young French Da- vis Cup star and officlal ranking number one player of France, is also an ice hockey player of no mean ability who might hold his own with the best amateur players in New York or Montreal, He 1is spending the winter here, excepting for a short trip to Barcelona, where he will take part in the covered courts championships. Cochet and Frank O'Neill, of St. Louis, leading jockey of the French Turf, are inseparable companions, Matt MacGee, of Sheepshead Bay, another prominent jockey in France, joined them about New Years, and Cochet has been giving the two horse- men a few tips in ice hockey. Cochet says that if O'Neill and MacGee will retaliate with a few winming tips dur- ing the French racing season next summer, he will consider himself amply repaid. Cochet has not touched a racquet since the I'ranco-Italian match last September. He told O'Neill the oth- er day that he was trying to develop more speed and jump to his service, which has always been the weak spot in his tennis game. He claims that shooting a frozen rubber puck with a heavy hockey stick about one hun- strength to make the ball spin like a Mauser bullet when he resumes ten- nis. The trip to America did the young Frenchman a world of good. He was much impressed by “Little Bill” Johnston’s game. “They say 1 am too small ever to make a real cham- pion,” Cochet declared the othet day, no bigger than I am. I'll have to ac- quire a service like his before I can meddle with those American players.” WILLARD TRAL INDOORS. Boxes With Three Sparring Partners in Garden Gym. New York, Feb. 9.—Jess Willard, former world's heavyweight cham- pion, who signed on Wednesday to meet Lloyd Johnson in a bout of 15 rounds at the Yankees' Stadium on Saturday, May 12, visited Madison Square Garden yesterday afternoon the gymnasium.He went through one round with each of three sparring partners, but did not attempt to ex- tend himself. The ex-title-holder re- mained on the defense, and permit- ted his opponents to do _most of the hitting. Ray Archer, Willard's man- ager, declared yesterday that the Kansas giant will remain in town for| probably two weeks, and will induige in short daily workout in the Garden gymnasium. When the weather mod- erates, Archer declared, it is almost certain that Willard will go to Sara- toga to begin his outdoor training. DEMPSEY PICKS WILLARD Champion Says' Jess Should Beat Tloyd Johnson Chicago, Feb. 9.~Jack Dempsey, on his arrival here yesterday enroute to Salt Lake City, where his father iy seriously ill, said he planned to take his parent to Rochester, Minn, to consult specialists. The elder Demp- sey is ill of stomach trouble. Of the New York boxing situation Dempsey said he anticipated an ad- justment and believes that his man-| ager, Jack Kearns, will be able to ar- range at least two bouts. The champion boxer expressed the | opinion that Jess Willard, from whose brow Dempsey pounded the crown in| Toledo, should be able to beat Floyd Johnson, Towa heavyweight, when they meet in New York next May. “If Willard can’t whip Johnson then he ought to step down and out.” fresh eggs 5lc dozen, Strictly Russell Bros.—advt. 2 dozen $1.00. Delfaro Ziempko Wenz Linn Wardner Carlson W. Gugel . ADIRONDACK CUP Lake Placid Skater Captures the 220-Yard Race Held Yesterday Lake Placid, N, Y, Feb, 9, —Charles Jewtraw of Lake Placid elinehed the Adirondack Gold cup champlonship and possession of the fine trophy yes- terday afternoon when he, won the first event of the day, the 220.yard dash, Yesterday saw the beginning of the fourth and last tournament of the Adirondack cup series, The first of the previous. meets was skated in Endicott-Johnson city the second at Plattsburg and the third at Baranac Lake, The conditions of the champlonship designate as the winter, the skater re- ceiving the greatest total of points at the four meets, In each tournament he events are 220 yards, 440 yards, half mile, three-quarter mile, one mile and three mile, Jewtraw is the holder of 360 points, having scored 170 at Johnson City, 160 at Plattsburg and 30 yesterday, Charles Gorman, St. John, is Jow- traw's nearest competitor, with 200 points, There are still four races to be skated before the championship comes to a close. Should Gorman win first place in all for a total of 120 points he would still be 40 points be- hind Jewtraw If the latter falled to place in any event. Richard Donovan, Endicott-Johnson City, and Harry Kaskey of Chicago, are tied with 150 points each for third honors, Toney Informs Rickey He Is Through With Baseball st uis, I'eb. 9. — Fred Toney, right nd pitcher, purchased from Boston last year by the St. Louis Na- tionals, after he was traded by New York and refused to report at Boston, is through with baseball, according ta word received today from Nashville, Tenn., his home, by Branch Rickey, manager of the Cardinals. Rickey declared he had urged Toney, who is on th: voluntarily retired list to ap- ply for reinstatement, but that the hurler ignored the request. Sisler Recovers From Injury Club Physician Announces St. Louis, Feb. 9. — George Sisler, first baseman for the St. Louis Am- ericans, who has been declared the most valuable all-around player in the American league, in all probability, will not be handicapped by a shoulder injury suffered at the close of last season, it was announced today. Dr. Robert Hyland, club physician, stated the last trace of the injury was being absorbed gradually, adding that “I have no fear that the injury will interfere with Sisler's career.” BOWLING TOURNEY OPENS St. Paul, Feb. 9. — The annual tournament of the international bowl- ing association opened here today with bowlers from all parts of the middle west entered . AMHERST W1 ON ICE. Defeats Williams Sextet in Winter Carnival Game, 2 to 1. Williamstown, Mass., Feb. 9—Am- herst defeated Williams at hockey here yesterday in the opening event of the winter carnival. The score was 2 goals to 1. Sylvester counted for the visitors in the first and again in the second period. Captain Ste- phenson scored for Williams soon aft- er the last period sthrted and, al- though the Purple puckmen bom- barded the opposing goal during the remainder of the game, they failed to tally again. NEW HAVEN SEXTET WINS, Former Westminsters Beat Boston University Hockey Team, 4 to 1. New Haven, Feb. 9.—In its first kome game since dropping the title of Westminsters, the New Haven hockey team last night defeated Bos- ton University, 4 to 1. Armstrong, the winners. The New Havens did not exert themselves, although lead- ing by only 2 to 1 until the final 3 minutes when Lawrey cut loose for two lightning goals. Provost's round game and Beauchiman's goal defense were Boston University's features. SMALLWOOD SIGNS WITH ACES Reading, Pa., Feb. 9.—Pitcher Wal- ter R. Smallwood of Newark, N. J., former Minneapolis American Asso- ciation hurler, recently purchased by the Reading International, was signed up by Manager Spencer Abbott of the Aces yesterday. SEMI-SOFT COLLARS ‘Will not wile, crease, curl ot fray. stiff, are soft. Launder easily. 35¢ each, 3 for $1 €. Gugel . Brown 82— 229 97— 246 84— 245 Madebythemakersof ArrowCollars Shay and Lowrey caged the goals for| all| Speaking of Sports The basketball team representing the New Hritain Gas Light company, defeated a team from Newington at the Boys' Club gymnasium last night, § to 6,in an overtime game, Dudack scored the deeciding points for the Gasmen. Hodge eame through for the winners with two pretty field goals. The Pirates will play the Vikings and the Benecas will tackle the Inde- pendents in the Saturday Afternoon Basketball League at the association tomorrow afternoon, The Y, M, C, A, volley ball team will play the Professionals in the second game of a series at the Y, M, C, A, to. morrow night. The Greenstein-Loomis handball duo downed the Cook-Skinner team at the Y, M, C. A, court last night by scores of 21.10 and 21.16, Within the next few weeks, a hand- ball team from Yale university will try conclusions with some of the sturs at the Y, M, C. A, The Greenstein- Loomis, Dressel-Hergstrom and Unter- span-Mag teams are preparing to play against the collegians, Kallgren, a New Britain boy, will Jump at center for the undefeated Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute team of Troy, N. Y, against the Stevens In- stitute of Hoboken, N, J. tomorrow night. “Dutch” Escholtz, a Hartford boy, will play one of the forward pori- tions for the New Yorkers, The bout between Kip Kaplan and Al Shubert, scheduled at M=riden to- morrow night, has been cancelled ow- ing to the illness of the Meriden boy. Kap has been forced out o' training by an attack of the flue, and is under the care of a physician at New York. Reports from down New Jersey way have it that George Pennington, the bulky Hartford twirler, is planning to forsake the Eastern league for the ranks of the semi-pro. It seems more than probable that the matching of Floyd Johnson with Jess Willard will means the passing of the Gibbons-Johnson bout which was scheduled for next month at the Garden. Acly W. Castle of Waterbury, secre- tary of the State Boxing Commission will officiate in the same capacity for the next two years. Cleveland Players Leave For Training Camp Cleveland, Feb. 9.—The first squad of major league baseball players to leave for the sonth for spring train- ing departed from here yesterday for Hot Springs, Ark. It was composed of veteran batterymen of the Cleveland Indians. In the party were Pitchers Coveleskie and Uhle and Coach Jack MacAllister. They will be joined at St. Louis by Coach Frank Roth. Pitcher Sherrod Smith will go direct to Hot Springs from his home. After three weeks at Hot Springs the players will join the remainder of the club at the training camp at Lakeland, Fla. HARVARD LOSES GEHRKE Cambridge, Mass, I'eb. 9.-—Har- vard's baseball team lost the last of its star pitchers of last season when Erwin Gehrke obtained leave of ab- sence today until the fall. Gehrke, whose home is in Cleveland, plans to enter business in Cambridge, but to return to college in the fall in time to play football. He was a member of the varsity barkfield last fall. REMEMBER FIND IT SO MUCH an Offer in Twilight Crcuit eld, Mass, Feb, §—Walter hy, who has starred on the infield both the Waterbury and New Hav¥h clubs of the merger wheel is the latest to announce that he is through with the Eastern league brand of ball and that the lure of semipro twilight games has proved too much for his to resist, Torphy, from his home in ¥Fall River has let it be known that an offer made to him by S8am Mark, owner of the new Mark Stadium In Tiverton, R, L is so good that he is ready to don the spangles of the Border City and doff the spangles of the Brass City when spring comes, Mark plans to play twilight and Sunday ball at his stadium, Mark Means Business Mark means business, He has made thousands of dollars this winter run- ning a soccer football team and he intends to give the Border City a great baseball club, He has signed Olaf Henrlckson, former Red Sox player, as his manager and to play an outfield, berth and Olaf s rounding up the team. Mark and Olaf want Torphy to captain the club and say they will pay him more money than Waterbury has offered. At present “Red” is employed at the New England Oil plant in Fall River, Sprin (Red) T After Kid Demoe Another player whom the twilight leaguers are trying to pérsuade to leave organized ball is Kid Demoe, the little Hartford infielder. His home i also in ¥gll River and it is said that he has not*yet signed with Hartford, Dutch Schesler, the pitcher who was with the Ponles once, and who is go- ing south with the Giants is also con- sidered for a berth if he does not make the major league grade. Judge Landis Gets Report Of Tour Through Orient Chicago, Feb. 9.—George Moriarity, umpire of the American league who officiated in the games played by the major league team which toured the Orient and who acted as official repre- sentative of Commissioner Laudis re- Champlon Will Take no Chances With His Right Fand Prior 0 Coming Match, New York, Feb, 8, — Fearing that his right hand might be injured in some way, Willle Hoppe, the world's professional 18,2 balkline billlard champion, has decided to refrain from hand shaking before or after the var. fous exhibition matehes he is sched. uled to play with Charles Peterson in this vicinity prior to his champion- ship mateh with Jake Schaefer at the Hotel Pennsylvania on March 12, 13 and 14, Hoppe will return to this city tomorrow from an exhibition tour in the middle west, He will play Pet. erson at the Hoppe Peterson club to. morrow night, Through his manager, | ¥ R, B, Benjamin, he has requested that his friends eliminate hand shaking, “It is surprising how tired a billlard player's hand becomes," explained Benjamin, “and there is always the danger of having the muscles of the arm strained,” * EAGLES WIN AGAIN Speedy Quintet At New Britain Boys' Club Routs Terryville Team, 35 to 1", The Eagles of the Boys' club ex- perienced little difficulty in downing the Terryville Eagles at the Center street court last night, The score was 36 to 14. Swanson was the scoring ace for the home team, registering five double counters from the field. Bratton, a new man in the New Brit- ain team lineup, put up a sterling ex- hibition at guard, and he also dropped the ball through the curtains on two occasions. The Eagles will play the A. 8. D. quintet of Hartford at the local court tomorrow evening. Last night's summary: EAGLES TERRYVILLE Schultz, Swanson . Right forward Swanson, Sokolowski Anderson .. Swanson Right guard ° Yoger, Norton Left guard Score: Fagles 35, Terryville 19; field goals, Schultz 2, Swanson 5, Ang derson 4, Sokolowski 3, Bratton 2, Bratton turned to Chicago yesterday and ca‘led on the commissioner, Moriarity re- ported to the commissioner that the players gave a good account of them- selves and that he believed that the tour would prove peneficial. At all points the Americans were giving a pleasant reception. In Manila Major Gen. Wood entertained them and attended the gam MIDDIES FIVE WINS Annapolis, Md., Feb. 9.—West Vir- ginia gave the Naval Academy a game fight on the local basketball floor yesterday afternoon. A flash of speed and clever shooting sent the midshipmen into a comfottable kead towards the last, however, the score standing 31 to 15. The visitors put up as aggressive a defense as has been seen here this year, completely breaking up the Navy's team play tercepting of passes. staying qualities changing in the line-up made the Navy look like a new team in ' the latter part of the second half and the scoring then was rapid, while the visitors were compelled to use long shots on almost 'all of their trys. Harris, a regular forward, kept out of the game for the last month by a crackel elbow, played a short time in during most of the game by their fln-I Superior and 1€ You KEEP SMILING You'tL THINGS CAN'T ALWAYS GO WRONG - REMEMBER. GooD LUCK MAY BE JUST THE CORNER |the second half of the game. There’s at Least One in Every Ofli;:e REMEMBER ALWAYS DARKEST Tab 4, Pollard 1, Chappy 8, Packer 1; foul goals: Swanson 3, Chappy 1; referee Hanley; timer Neuman. TO PLA YFORFEITED GAME New Haven Hockey Team Will Meet Boston Sextet Feb. 15. Boston, Feb. 9.—The - Boston Ath- letic Association yesterday announced that its hockey team would play here on February 15 the game with the New Haven club of the United States Amateur Hockey Association, which the local team won by forfeit through the visitors' failure to appear. Base Ball 38 Main Street IT 18 JuST BEFORE DAWN EASIER To OVERGCOME LITTLE TROUBLES SMALLER. IF THINGS WERE NEVER S0 BAD THAT THEY COULDN'T BE WORSE- TROUBLES SEeMm MUCH You omNLY KeeP A SMILING FACE-' TRY JusT To — IT SOME TIME BENTLEY WILLAOT GET THAT BONUS New York Club Comes Out Flatly in Denying Player's Demands New York, Feb, 8.—Jack Hentley's threat to secede from organized base- ball unless the Glants pay him a sum equal to a percentage of the purchase meoney given to Baltimore for him was answered yesterday in a state- ment by the New York club, After pointing out the financial advantages that will be Bentley's If he makes good in the big leagues and declar~ ing that the club had promised to ay him no bonus, the statement says that the Giants “await his signed contract.” Beyond this fact “the matter is closed,” so far as the New York club is concerned, In short, the Giants have served notice on Bentley to sign his contract or show a better reason for not do- ing #0 than he has shown thus far. The club, it was sald, has no inten- tion of paying any extra sum of money to the Baltimore southpaw, which he was quoted as demanding in a dispatch published yesterday morning. In fact, such a thing is forbidden by baseball law. At least, Commissioner Landis has frowned on the practice’of paying players a bonus for signing, and it is considered ex- tremely uniikely that he would sanc- tion such an arrangement between Bentley and the Glants, Formal Statement. The club's formal statement as given out by Secretary Jim Tierney follows: In regard to Jack Bentley the New York club in paying $6,500 opens the way for him to make good in the National league, which would mean, in the event of his success, a large salary during all his playing years. Without any solicitation upon the part of the New York club, Bentley called up a few days ago on long distance and said that he was en- tirely satisfled with the contract sent him—in fact was surprised at the size of the contract. In view of the fact that Bentley has been paid for by this club, and, further, that we entered into no con- tract to pay him a bonus because of our purchasing him from the Balti- more club; and, still further in view of the fact that he assured us of his satisfaction with our terms, we will await his signed contract. Beyond which fact, so far as the New' York club is concerned the matter s closed. v . Infielders to Accompany Cubs’ Battery Men to Camp: Chicago, TFeb, 9.—Four inflelders will accompany the battery men of’ the Chicago Nationals. when they leave here February 17, for the train- ing camp on Catalina island, Cal. President Veeck announced today. The infielders are Charles Hollocher, Barney Friberg, Harvey Cotter and George Grantham, Uniforms ORDER NOW Monier Bros. Special Prices to Clubs BRIGGS EVERY CLOUD HAS A SILVER LINING ~ JUST