New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 28, 1923, Page 8

SENOR FIRPO MAY FIND All.lNG ROUGH IN AMERICAN WATERS — NOW 'FIGHTING OVER FIRST GOLF COURSE IN AMERICA — GEORGETOWN MILER HOPES TO SET NEW MARK — ROMEO ROCHE READY FOR RED CHAPMAN —U. OF P. FIVE BREAK INTO WINNING COLUMN PENN TEAM WINS AGAINST COLUMBIA First Victory of Season in College League Surprises Losers | Intercollegiate League Standing. w L .o §33 | in 0 Cornell Yale . Prineeton ..., Columbia ., Dartmouth ... Penn ... o New York, Feb, 28~Penn's basket- ball team broke into the winning col- umn in the Intercollegiate league race for the first time last night by beat- 1 1 ] ‘ 4 | WILLIAMS LOSES GREGORY, STAR OF PITCHING STAFF Purple Hurler, Whose Work Last Season Made Him Backbone of Is Incligible, Feb, Team, Williamstewn, 25.—~The rival of Coach Jack Coombs in town ar- PIONEER A, C, BILL AGAINST FIRPO 'Declares South American Must Fultil Agreement to Box There and the announcement that Frank G, | Gregory, '24, mainstay of the pitehs ing staff a year ago, was ineligible New York, Feb, 28,—A threat of son working out for the last week under the Coach Coombl intends to devote the baseball at Williams cellege, are the two impeortant developments Coombs at once began turning his Battery candidates have direction _of Capt, Bill xt few days to looking ov hmen m attention to plans for the coming sea- heen Hoyt, er the pitehers and eatehers, giving his clos- est attention to the f ounds- ing Columbia in the Mornings Heighta ' men, upon whose shoulders the chief gymnasium by a score of 22 to 16 Columbia had beaten Penn in the first of their games at Philadeiphia and was expected to repeat, Kneass, who made four mack, who made a field goal and nine baskets from fouls, were the stars for Penn. Coach Deering agaln shifted his line-up, putting Strom in at cen- ter for the Blue and White, The teams finished the first half on even terms, 14 to 14, but Penn, large- | 1y through Carmack’s foul shooting, . had the advantage all through the second half. All but one of Penn's ) fleld baskets were scored on long | throws. Columbia, in the first half, | was trying continually to work the ball under the basket, but Penn's de- fense broke up the Blue and White ' efforts. Kneass of Penn was first to score. This was two minutes after the start, He made a fleld goal from a difficult angle and one minute later duplicated the feat. Three foul goals and a fleld | goal gave Penn a lead of 7 to 0, Then Wilson of Columbia threw four foul , goals. Other foul shots by Carmack ‘and Wilson and a fleld basket by James of Penn made the score 10 io | 6 in the vistors' favor. Wilson, with 1 two foul baskets and Strom, with a goal from the field, tied it up for Co- lumbia at 10 to 10. Then seconds | later, however, Kneass sent Penn into ' the lead with a field basket. A long throw by Fields caged the ball for Columbia for another tie at 12—12, and, with a minute and a + half to go. Springhorn sent Columbia into the lead with a field goal. Kneass tied it up again with a basket scored Jjust before the whistle blew to end the half. James of Penn started the second half with a fleld goal scored from under the basket, the only one of Penn's goals that was not made on a throw from a distance. Carmack, with five foul goals, practically clinched the wvisitors’ victory. Both of Co- lumbia’s points in the were made on foul goals by Wileon. A foul goal by Carmack, just before the game ended, was the final score. *The line-up: Penn. Columbia. James . 3 . Fields| Left Forward. i . Carmack Springhorn Kneass . . Strom «+. Pulleyn Left Guard. Miller ...... . Right Guard. « Seore, Penn 22, Columbia 16; goals from flield, Penn: James 2, Carmack, Kneass 4; Columbia: I'ields, Spring- horn, Strom; goals from fouls, Car- mack 8 in 15, Wilson 10 in 18. | Substitutions: Columbja, Mullin for Flelds, Dockerill for Sprfnghorn, Smith | for Strom, Strom for Mullin. Penn none. Referee, John J. O'Brien, St. John's, Umpire, Ed Hastings, Cornell. Time of halves, 20 minutes. Sullivan . Wilson He does court action to restrain Luis Angel | Firpo, Argentina heavywelght, from boxing at any other elub before he appears in a bout at the Ploneer A, C,, was made by the club yesterday through its attorney, Frank W, Har- ris. The dispute invelves a contract Firpo is said to have signed to bhox at the Ploneer prior to his departure for South Ameriea last fall, At. torney Harris, on behalf of the elub, declared that unless Firpo agrees to box at the Ploneer before engaging Id goals and Car-| The loss of Gregory will be quite burden will rest this spring. not plan to call out the entire squad in the cage for indoor work until | next week, in of a blow to the Purple nine for he|M | came along in fine style toward the close of last season and promised to be a reliable man this spring. Be- sides Gregory, Willilams has also lost Holmes, a veteran of three years, and | Babin, a promising freshman of last th R be sought American from boxing Bill Brennan any other bout, an injunction will restraining the South Chicago in a 15-.round bout . at adison Bquare Garden on March 12, as scheduled, Since the arrival here of Firpo and 6 announcement by Promoter Tex lckard that he had med the Ar- gentine boxer for a battle with Bren- nan, the Ploneer club officials have MeBriarty . second half | sn | Happeney Carey A. Exeter Academy INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE. Elliott Duplin Begos . Molyneux . Fredrickson . 1 492 520, 4 Stanley R, & L. . 1 (33 Wright . Kilduft Myers . Campbel season, both of whom have left col- lege, while Cobb, still another hurler, was graduated, Willlams is fortunate in having a freshman hurler available of the cali- ber of Alex Clement, former Chicopee High and Present indications point to him be- ing the Purple's one best bet and, if |attempt legal action unless Firpo ful- he lives up to expectations, he is cer- tain to fill the breach, - BOWLING - star. 25— 365 941506 4781433 Brown , Linn . Delparo . Walker Low Man T4— 261 91— 267 92— 263 93— 286 85— 254 4 35—1331 113 324 92— 292 106— 276 94— 263 85— 283 490—1438 Landers, A | Huek .. Vollhardt | Frisk ... Kenney | Gene . Wolek . Josephson Stedman . Hammerberg . 463 45 P. & F. Corbin. 85 99 487 4 Skinner Chuck Co. 86 98 1 Kahms . Trevethan Valentine . Narcum .. Pawlow Carlson Bailey Defeats Vogel Sinirder For N. E. Championship Brattieboro, Vt., Feb. 28.—George (Farmer) Bailey, heavyweight wres- Sler of this city, defeated Carl Vogel of Bridgeport, Conn.,, for the New England heavyweight championship | last night. Bailey won the first fall in 30 minutes, 40 seconds with a body scissors and arm lock. The second went to Vogel in five minutes, 30 | seconds on a hammerlock. Bailey i took the deciding fall in six minutes, 30 seconds with a crotch hold and arm lock. In the semi-final bout George Fecta defeated Everett Wood. Ralph Scribner and Julius Nesbit wrestled | to a draw in the preliminary, each boy gaining a fall. A crowd of| about 400 saw the matches, which were referred by Jim Barnes of | Springfield, Mass. A, | w, 8¢ COLLETTI CHALLENGES WINNER New York, Feb. 28.—The New York State Athletic Commission has accepted a challenge filed by Joe Colletti, flyweight boxer, of Pdug] keepsie, N, Y., for a match with the C. B. Wells . Carlson . | Kenshell | Wilcox ... . Johnson . Hien . Anderson 484 501 Corbin Screw, ] S 98— 91— 299 330 83—1428 10— 294 97— 274 92— 290 471 443 Stanley Hardware. vevers 80 108 104 107 hroeder Patrus | Cusack Sattler Swanson Lofgren . iPoole eerieaes Pleckert May Caswell TRockwell Walthers .. winner of the bout tomorrow night Tyler .. between Pancho Villa, the champion, and Frarkie Genaro, for the Amer- fean flyweight title. | H. Walker May .. Zwick . Colletti's challenge, which must be;lurgpn accepted by either Villa or Genaro Wwithin six months, under the com- mission’s rules, was accompanied by & $2,500 forfeit, posted by his mana- | ger, Frank Bagley. Rawling “Herald" classified ads help every place, all the time. 1561370 290 286 269 93 10 48 300 201 1+ | adelphia, which was scheduled 3| clals evidently have protested the match on the ground that their organization had a prior claim to Firpo's services, Letters | have been written to the state ath- letic commission, Rickard and Firpo, in which Attorney Harrls served no- tice on the state boxing board, the promoter and the boxer that he will ifills the contract which the club claims to have with the boxer, or some other amicable adjustment of the matter is reached. The Pioneer club bases its claim to Firpo's services on a contract the boxer is sald to have signed last April 17 to bdx Italian Jack Herman at the Pioneer on April 26. In a let- ter to the commission, Attorney Har- ris stated that Firpo refused to go on with this bout, but subsequently boxed Herman at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn. According to Attorney Harris the Ploneer club protested to the commission at that time and was advised to sign Firpo for the boxer's next bout. A list of six names was submitted to Firpo from which to select an opponent, and he chose Farmer Lodge, according to Attorney Harris. The South American, how- ever, sailed for home unexpectedly and did not box Lodge. Chairman Willlam Muldoon, at the meeting of the state athletic commis- sion yesterday, informed the Pioneer club's officials that Firpo and Bren- nan would be permitted to box in Madison S8quare Garden as scheduled, despite the protest. “So far as the commission is con- cerned, there will be no interference with the Firpo-Brennan bout,” said Muldoon in explaining his decision. “I have been unable to discover any contract between the‘ Pioneer club and Firpo, exccpt the one for the Herman bout. In this match, so far as I can ascertain, Herman failed to show up for the contest, automat- ically nullifying the contract. Then the Ploneer officials made a verbal agreement with Firpo to box Farmer Lodge, but no contract was signed for the bout, and no contract was filed with the commission, as the rules provide. I have a letter from a law firm which the Ploneer club's offi- retained, in which a threat of court action {s made. I don't see how any court can uphold a verbal agreement. Let them sue if they so desire.” Rickard declared that he did not fear any interference with his plans. When told that court action was likely to be taken in the effort of the Pioneer club to secure Firpo's services prior to the Brennan bout, the promoter declared his readiness to fight any court action in which his club might be involved. Jess to Train for Johnson At Excelsior Springs, Mo. Chicago, Feb. 28.—Big Jess Willard, who is seeking a return heavyweight championship bout with Jack Demp- sey, plans to establish a training camp at Excelsior Springs, Mo., to condition himself for his contest with Floyd Johnson, the Towa heavyweight, scheduled for New York, May 12. The former champion intends to spend at least six weeks in training camp be- fore moving on to New York to finish the work. Willard spent an hour and a half in a gymnasium yesterday aft- ernoon. He boxed four rounds, be- sides going through other exercises. The big Kansan sald he weighed about 258 pounds and intended to get down to about 245 for his match with the young Towan. FLORES CANCELS BOUT New York, Feb. 28.—Elino Flores, Filipino lightwelght boxer, yesterday cancelled his twelve-round bout against Eddle (Kid) Wagner of Phil- for Madison Square Garden tomorrow night as the semi-final to the fifteen- round flywelght champlonship bout between Pancho Villa, titieholder, and Frankie' Genaro, Italian echallenger | for the titie. An attack of grip, which every- has confined him to his home and prevented his training made it nec- essary for Flores to cancel the sched- uled bout, according to his manager, Frank Churehill. Red Cap Wilson, west side lightweight, has been l‘ned 'to substitute for Flores against Wag- ner. HAHN TO LEAVE MICHIGAN Ann Arbor, Mich., Feb, 28.—Archie Hahn, freshman track coach and var- sity trainer for the last three years at the University of Michigan, will leave at the end of the present school year to become assistant track coach to Keene Fitzpatrick at Princeton. Hahn, who for five years prior to coming here, was track ecoach at Brown University, is said to'be the only individual who ever won three first places in the Olympie Games, winning the 60 and 100 and 200 metre events in the games held in St. Louis. Speaking of Sports BY CLERKIN Wonder what a sporting editor thinks, about as he lles in bed with & sore throat, Something like this, maybe: “I wonder If that office boy knowe the difference between a mixed fours some and a mixed ale party." “I wonder It he's opening my mail and pockting all the free tickets T g6t every morning." “I wonder If he thinks Romeo Roche is the name of a character in one of Bhakespeare's plays.’ “I wonder If he things he can get |my job permanently.” Frankly, the ofice boy doesn't care what he wonders just so long #s he gets better and comes in and writes this column, It is announced that Siki and Car- pentier are going to fight for all the titles which either holds. Let's see, Slki is the champion of Northern Africa as far south as the Sahara Desert, and Carpentier is the cham- plon of the Quartier Latin. (We know that's part of Paris because we read it in a book). Jack Curley has announced that he is through with “wrastlin’ . Friends please omit flowers. Charles W, Paddock, who runs from the northern top to the southern tip of California for exercise every morn- ing before breakfast, will head an invasion of the east by University of California track athletes. Willle Hoppe averaged 100 in four innings JY a match again Charles Pat- terson last night at New York. Yep, Willie won. Py Lee Fohl, the former smiling Water- burian, is directing the Browns in thelr spring practice at Mobile, Ala., FoM belleves his charges will give 'em all a battle during the coming season. Charles A. (Duke) Farrell, former big league catcher, has signed up as an assistant coach of Mathewson's Boston Braves. SIKI AND CRPENTIER WILL BE MATCHED TODAY Senegalese and Frenchman Will En- gage in 20 Round Bout For Titles They Hold Paris, Feb. 28.—A fight between “Battling” Siki, the Senegal black, and Georges Carpentier, from whom Siki wrested the world’s light heavyweight champlonship is to be dfinitely ar. ranged today and a contract signed, according to The Petit Parisien. The bout will be for 20 rounds. Each man must weigh in under the maximum weight for light heavyweights. All titles held by either man at the time of the fight are to be at stake. The meeting will take place in the Buffalo Stadlum here. The date Is dependent on 8iki’s American engage- ments, but it will be sometime be- tween May 1 and Sept, 30. A large part of the gate receipts will go to sclentific institutions. LEDOUX BEATS MONTREUIL Paris, Feb. 28.—Charles Ledoux the French bantamweight champion last night defeated the Belglan Montreuil, in a one-sided fight. Montreuil quit in the eleventh round, being outclassd from start to finish. — e WUCH POPULARITY, Attendance of More Than 1,000, 000 Predicted by Westerners - ago, Feb, 28—(Ry the Asso- clated Press)—Basketball has achlev- ed such popularity in the Western Conference that offglals today pn-l dieted the attendance for the 1922.23 season would exceed 1,000,000 fans, IWMn the game was given an insig- nificant start fifteen years ago, only a handful of spectators turned out for the contests. While the game probably never will outrival football as a college sport, it is running the gridiron game a close second in the ten universities compris- ing the Western Conference, and it is far ahead of track and baseball, both in attendance and interest. Gymnasl- ums bullt ten years ago are hopeless- ly inadequate as erowds are turned away at almost every basketball game, “More than 1,000,000 spectators will watch the basketball games in Western Conference teams this win- ter," sald Major John L, Griffith, com- missloner of athletics today. “This great winter game is rapidly growing in Importance in the Middle West, It will never attract the crowds that witness the football games, because it will never bé possible to furnish in- door accommodations for 40,000 or 650,000 spectators. “In fact, the combined seating ca- pacity of the ten basketball buildings in the confcrence in round numbers is 40,000. Ohio State, with accommo- dations for 7,000, has the largest bas- ketball crowds in the conference. Illinois and Iowa seat five thousand. Northwestern can take care of four thousand. Michigan is building a field house that will seat 10,000 basketball fans, and Minnesota is raising money to make possible an enlarged physical education program which includes basketball, both intercollegiate and intramural.” The University of Michigan presents a typical example of the wave of popularity in basketball as a college | sport in the middle west. The Wol- verines, up to 1917, never played the indoor game. Withdrawn from the “Big Ten,” the Wolverines maintained an isolated position in sport and were forced to invade the east for real) competition in football, baseball and | track. Because eastern popularity of | basketball is not so general and be- cause of the expense of travel, Michi- gan had never played basketball. When Michigan returned to the conference, basketball was a major sport. The Wolverines, in their first season, did not win a game in the conference, and in the two following years were not much stronger. The! next two years, however, Michigan got into basketball in eafnest and the re-| sponse in attendance was surprising. The Wolverines gymnasium, ten years ago considered one of the finest | in the country, was entirely too small to accommodate the crowds that wanted to see the speedy and some- times rough indoor game. The new fleld house, with a 10,000 seating ca- pacity, is expected to remedy the sit- uation. Iowa opened its new armory last| winter—built largely because of the popularity of basketball. It is one of the finest buildings of its kind, and can accommodate 7,000 for basket- ball. Northwestern is finding that its gymnasium, considered the last word in athletic auditoriums when buiit a few years ago, is entirely too small.| Thd same situation prevails at Illi- nois and Ohio. Chicago, Wisconsin, Purdue, Indiana and Minnesota still are using antiquated gymnasiums, large enough six or eight years ago, | but now forced to turn away throngs. Ain’t It a Grand and Glorious Feelin. L) OMEO ROCHE IS FIT POR BOUT WITH RED CHAPMAN Pride of Wolyoke Expects to Give Home Town Fans Best Ex- hibition of Career, Holyoke, Feb, 28.~If rough, tough training counts for anything Romeo Roche should defeat Red Chapman decisively when the pair meet Friday night in the American Legion ring. Roehe, who In previous bouts has been nursed along in his stunts, this week has been carried at a fast pace, Kid Vinecent, of Montreal, who ap- pears in the opening bout Friday night against Young Goldle of Springfield, carried the French flash along three rounds yesterday and kept him moving at top speed. Vin- cent appears to be a cléver boxer and Roche had difficulty in getting through his defense, Then Johnny Luecas, who appears in a 10.rounder against Joa Melito, on the Friday card, performed for another three rounder with Romeo and while this was not ag strenuous as the Vincent session the bantam and Romeo boxed even faster, Jimmy Cooney, who hoxes Johnny Winters In the third 10.rounder, ar- rived home from New Bedford, where he boxed Al Shubert 10 hard rounds Monday night. Cooney is unmarked and uninjured and hopes to resume his winming way Friday night. American Legion officlals predict a packed house as tickets, which went on sale last night here, are in much demand. CONNOLLY ON TRAIL OF {ONE MILE INDOOR MARK Georgetown Flash Will Attempt to Lower Record at Intercollegiate Games Saturday Night. New Yprk, Feb. 28.—Jimmy Con- rolly of Georgetown is determined to break the intercollegiate one-mile in- door record at the intercollegiate games on Saturday night. The pres- ent record is held by Larry Shields of Penn State. The existing mark, 4.20 1-5, was made at last year's meet. In the “Baxter Mile” at the New York A. C. games, Connolly, with Jit- tle opposition, ran the mile in 4.20 2-5 on the same track which will be used Saturday night. After the race he expressed the opinion that he could break Larry Shield's record. Elmer MeLane of Epnnsylvania and Maicolm Douglas ured so prominently in the “‘Baxter Mile,” have been entered in this event,, McLane should prove a worthy rival of the Georgetown miler, if he keeps within close reach of Con- nolly in the carly stages of the race. TLawson Robertson, the Red and Blue coach, will send his last year's fresh- man cross country champion to the mark with instructions to stay with | the leaders throughout the race. Capt, Billy Burke of Harvard and E. B. Kirby of Cornell are other col- leges milérs of note who have been entered. Walter Higgins' entry was received by Abbott Southall, man- ager of the meet. Tt is the intentton, however, of the Columbia coach to start the two-mile outdoor intercol- legiate champion in the two-mile race. Lawson Robertson may switch Mec- Lane to the two-mile run.” R. E. Hendrle of the M. I. T, who placed second to Higgins in this year's cross- country run and won the New Eng- land cross-country championship, 1is expected to make a strong bid for first place on Saturday night. Bob Moore of Columbia, who took third in the outdoor two-mile race; Tread- well of Yale and Conger of Princeton are other consistent two-milers en- tered. The two Browns of Cornell, who took first and second last year, have been graduated. e eSO T RELIA training | 'Yale, who fig-| FIRST GOLF COURSE INC.S.IN DISPUTE Gharlesto, . G, Oflers Proo! It Had Orfginal Links fn Amerioa Chicago, b, 28.~(By the Associats | ¢4 Press)—Claims and counter-claims are still being made as to where the first golf was played in America, Al though the first recognized club was Bt, Andrews at Yonkers, N, Y, formed in 1888, Antedating this by five years, | however, T, A. Tall lald out the firet course of four holes at Burlington, Ia. in 3, having brought to America the first regular set of golf clubn after a long period of golfing in Great Britain, Yot older is the oclaim made by ‘White Sulphur Springs, W, Va,, which asserts that a links was lald at the suburbs of Oakhurst in 1882, Savan- nah, Ga, also bobs up with an old paper dated November 25, 1811, from the files of the SBavannah Historieal soclety, bearing the following notiee: ““The members of the golf club are requested to meet at the exchange this evening at 7 o'clock.” Now comes Charleston, 8. C, dis- puting the claim of Bavannah with a statement that there were two golf clubs in that city twenty-one years be- fore 1811, and offering as evidence a Charleston newspaper of 1790, con- taining this notice, “There will be a meeting of the South Carolina Golf Club, at the clubhouse on Charleston’s Green at 2:30 p. m,, Baturday next.” An invitation to a dance at the Golf Club of Savannah also has been found indicating that soclal adjuncts to golf were popular in those days as at mod- ern golf clubs. No trace has been found of the links, and some have suggested that the word golf referred to something else than the Scotch game which is now bursting over the boundaries of nearly 3,000 links to find room for all the devotees. Mr. Bell of Iowa acquired the game while at Edinburgh attending the uni- versity. He brought golf clubs back with him and carried them half way across the United States before he finally found a place to use them. His father let him have some vacant property and he laid out his four holes, where he whacked the white ball for ten years before the first nine-hole golf course was built as far west as Chicago by Britons attending the World's Fair, Hobart Chatfleld- 1 Taylor, however, constructed a six- hole course near (hicago somewhat earlier. \ ‘The first regularly constituted golf club, however, was that at Yonkers fathered by Robert Lockhart, a Scot linen merchant, who was enabled to gather supperters partly through notoriety he gained trying to play a few strokes in Central Park, New York. He was quickly arrested by a policeman, who decided a lunatic was |1oose and would listen to no explana- tions, Lockhardt soon obtained his re- lease when the Judge recalled having heard of such a game through a joke book or some such print. A number of persons were attracted to the Bcotch pioneer by the case and a club was soon formed and named after the home golf club at St. An- drews, Scotland. WILL LEAD NAVY QUINTETY Annapolis, Md., Feb, 28. — Ira C. McKee, star forward of the Naval Academy basketball five, will lead that team for the season of 1028-1024, | having been unanimously chosen by the members of the squad. McKee, who is from DButler, Pa., is a brilllant shooter from the floor and one of the heaviest scorers from the foul line among the college teams. He has nlayed for three seasons on the foot- Lall and basketball teams and s also 2 utllity player on the baseball nine, ——— . BRIGGS -« AND THE WIFE GREETS You WITH THE NEWS THAT Twe CooK LEFT AT FOUR gcLock WHEN You CoMe HOomMe TIRED AND HUNGRY FROM A HARD DAY IN The OFFICE “AND THE* — YOUR WEALTHY NEIGHBOR, CALLS UP AND ASKS You AS A SPECIAL FAVOR To COME To A ForRMAL DINNER AND Take THE PLace OF Two GUESTS WHO HAVE DISAPPOINTED AND You LWE IN Tue SUBURBS AND THERE 1S NO HOTEL WITHIN MILES ! -AND Tue BUTCHER DIDN'T SEND ANY MEAT AND THE KITCHEN S ALL UPSET OH-H-H-BOY '! 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