New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 27, 1923, Page 8

kS ENVIBE VAR ) { (! TOMMY GIBEONS KAYOS SCHMADER IN FIRST ROUND — TWO TAKE COUNT IN MERIDEN BOUTS—CRIQUI, FRENCH CHA ‘ RECORD AS WELL AS RING HONORS — TRAINING CARPS ACTIVE AS SEASON'S OPENING DRAWS NEAR — FACTORY BOW\ERS CRASH THE PINS ~ STAR RECRUITS WITH THE HUSKY DETROITERS IS A POWERFUL . FLETCHER FIRST PLAYER TO BE EJECTED THIS SEASON il’hilly Manager Chased to| Clubhouse for “Talking Too Much”—Tigers Lose,‘ Cubs Win — Cleveland, Cincy and St. Louis Also | Winners in Exhibitions. E T T TWO KNOCKOUTS IN MERIDEN CONTESTS In Final, Ferguson Get> ecision Over the Sheik-Pilkington Wits | Hardly more than 700 fight fans thur Filetcher of the Philadelphia witnessed the mediocre boxing exhi- | Nationals is believed here to be. the bition staged in Meriden last night|first player ejected this season. Fletch- under the auspices of the Veterans er was chased from the park by How- of Foreign Wars, Science was cast ard Holmes the new American league | into the discard and the boys mixing umpire at Lakeland yesterday during | it in the ring used everything but a game between the Phillles and the the pail to sock each other. | Cleveland Indians for “too much Twe knockouts featured this first|talk.” boxing card under the auspices of the Veterans of Iloreign Wars A, C. Max| Maravnich, recently graduated from | the amateur ranks, knocked out|Cleveland (A) +..vvevesees 712 1 Battling Chick of Hartford in the|Philadelphia (N) .....o.0v0 & 7 0 second round of a scheduled four! Boone, Smith and O'Neill; Meadows, round contest which opened the show, | Welnert, Behan and Henline, and Young Silverburg of [ | | At Rogers alleys last night the P, F. Corbin league had peveral tches, the Cases taking three sthight from the Btrikers, and the Br\ckets getting two out of three fron the Latches. The Tumblers were conent with one out of three with the|Latches and the Boits took two out bf three from the caps. The Stan. ley Works Shippers also had a con- fest, the Hinges getting two out of three| from the Cor-Irons and the Bolts|taking & couple while the Butts| copped one. In the X. of P. contests St. Elmo took & codple while 'the Faquires won one. K 3 At the Casino alleys a special match saw the Deadheads lose two out of three to the Hot Heads. . Last night's scores: P. & F. CORBIN FOREMEN, ~Manager Ar-| Exhibition Baseball At Lakeland, Fla.: r. h e Stotts ... 96— Ansonia, | scored a clean knockout over Johnny Lucas of Waterbury in the sixth round of the scheduled ten round Cincinnatl (N) semi-windup. The final battle be-|Daytona (Fla. Statc) tween Tracey Ferguson of Wallingford| Rixey, .Luque and and Young Leonard, also of the bor-| Cusack and Mann. ough, went ten rounds, Ferguson re-! ceiving the decision after the last| gong. | Pinkington Wins in New York. S ) Y BLeh Charlle Pilkington won over “Al.|San l'rancisco, (1 & lentown” Johnny Leonard in the fea- | ,Ste"“’"d \and DFaseelly ture ten round bout at the Fairmont GCary and Agnew. Sporting club of New York last night, | having Leonard at his mercy at all stages during the contest except the sixth and seventh rounds which were | even. Leonard was badly cut up about the head and sustained a se- vere beating. Pilkington weighed 130, and Leonard a half pound more. As a result of Pilkington's victory last night he may oppose Al Shubert; of New Bedford in the feature ten; round contest at Providence this eve- ning on the National A. C. card. Leonard, who was matched with Shu- bert may be unable to go through with the contest. At Daytona, Fla.: ‘youngster . Kerr seems h. e 1217 2 5 .. 8 5 2 Wingo; Little, T 8 8 i o Tamblers At San Francisco, Cal.: 454—1328 26 261 h. e veseviieaesde B9 2 .8 9 2 Courtney, r. 18— 59— 192 80— 278 88— 258 2891222 | :Chicngo (N) At Bradentown, Fla.: i r. h e St. Louis (N) .11 13 Washington (A) . . 710 Sherdel, Haines, Toney, Wiggington and McCurdy, Ainsmith, Clemens; McGrew, Russell, Hankins and Lapan, Hargrave, 13 30— 246 1081249 86— T4— 248 228 232 267 78 At Athens, Ga.: 7 ter knocking out Arthur Wyns of Belgium who was technically recog- nized as champion. 1,65 POUNDS OF HEAVIES MATCHED FOR MAY TOURNEY {dess Willard is Heaviest, With 240 Speaking of Sports | e - T ; The rough stuff in golf doesn't pre- | vent it being a gentleman's game. Rochester (International) Detroit (A) seraceipaes Keenan, Judd, Meador an Dauss, Irancis and Bassler. r. .5 3 d Lake; i Redden On the Detroit roster are an even dozen players who hit .300 or better. Here they are lined up—A row which would cause’ many a pitch heart to sink. Left to right: Emory Rigney, .800; Luzerne Atwell Blue, .302; Derril Pratt, .302; Ira Flagstead, .308; Roy Moore, .308;; Bob Fo\. ergill, .322; Johnny Bassler, .323; Bobby Veach, .327; Larry Woodall, .344; Fred Haney, .352; Harry Heilmann, .356; Ty Cobh, .401. \ By Billy Evans |ager to draw a prize in each depart- a valuable Likely Recruit Pitcher 2 »__a !ment of play. As a rule, the choice |to be. Holloway is a six-footer, whyPutney .. m;:‘llg:;:fl"f:fiuf";u:"e";:m’;:rf::w’xccruits run along the same lines, | + Manush Hard Hitter weighs 185 pounds and is showin, Ibeen gathered in a Detroit “.mmngflhey are either outfielders, infielders,| Instead of 10 pitchers it is almost |an assortment of stuff that make: amp." | pitchers or catchers, certain that Cobb will get along|Cobb believe the youngster is readyPost . Samp Kerr Looks Promising with nine, in order to get under the|fo make his major league debut and jhnai There you have an estimate from & rnis chap Kerr has already upset |player limit of 25 and thereby make |deliver. Manager Ty Cobb relative to the|ifanager Cobb's plans a trifie. Some [room for Kerr. The addition of this most promis- Tiger recruits who are gathered here |tinie ago in doping out his regulars| Manush is a big rangy six-footer, |ing trio adds much strength to the! for. his inspection. [the Detroit leader figured on - keep-|who looks like an outfield find, He [Tigers, who were always in the run- “Of course only a few of the many|ing 10 pitchers, At that time he, no is a mMght-handed batsman and hit |ning last year. will make the grade this year, but doubt, believed that Kerr would re-/.376 in the Western league last Kerr, Manush and Holloway Iooki: every one of thé youngsters has prom- “qulrc further seasoning. vear. Under the diréction of Cobb |like the class of the recruits, young- ise. A polish that can only come from| Day by day the youngster has he is rapidly developing a fielding |sters certain to be retained. experience is what most of them |improved in every way, until now|polish, a department of play in Other promising recruits are Neun, | need,” continued Cobb. it is practically assured that he will | which the Tiger leadey saw he was a|a first sacker, who is unfortunate in | One has only to watch the recruits be carried for .infield utility roles, |trifie at fault. |having that position played by a star go through their daily workouts to|despitc his very limited experience. Of course there isn't a chance for|like Lu Blue, realize that Manager Cobb is decided- Kerr is a natural ball player, who ; Manush to break into the Tiger Gillman, a right-nanded pitcher, ly correct in his estimate. at this time this spring gives as|outfield at present, but unquestion- | has shown well; also Fred Scheman- | Three of the recruits stand out— |much promise as did Topper Rigney | ably he will prove his worth before ski, a husky right hander, who is a| Kerr, an infielder; Manush, an out- |last year. When one considers what | the close of the season if illness or|product of the Detroit sandlots. | fielder, and Holloway, a pitcher. It!a great player Rigney has developed |injury forces any of the regulars No doubt strings will be retained on is a rather unusual thing for a man- |into it is an easy matter to see what!out of the Mneup. a number of the rookfes. ! \CRIQUI, EUROPEAN CHANP, LANPHER INDIGNANT AT HAD GREAT WAR RECORD| NEW HAVEN MANAGEMENT | Little, Frenchman's Jaw Partly Shot Manager of New Britain Claims That |} He Was Not Notified Game ‘Was Called Ofr, Clarence Lanpher, manager of the | All-New Britain team, whose cohorts Reds Vs. Senators ‘Washington, March 2 In the first of a two game series with the Cin- | cinnati Reds at Tampa today Wash-| f|ington meets the third National |league team on its exhibition schedule. Wilson's Manager Quits. Boston, March 27.—Marty Killilea, who has managed Johnny Wilson, middleweight champion, outside New York state, during Wilson's ring Away in Battle and Sheep's Rib STANLR WORKN SHIPPING. ‘Was Substituted New York, March 27.—Eugene Cri- Alex career, announced last night that he and Wilson had dissolved partnership. Killilea said that the move was made | at his own suggestion, and against the champion’s wishes. | The Natf@nals lost the game of their series with the St. Louis Cards at Bradentown, Fla., yesterday 11 to T when Russell weakened in the eighth inning and allowed seven runs. Ed Sherman, known locally as the | star and captain of the Williams football team last season, must have a finger amputated as the result of qui, European featherweight cham- pion, who has come to the United States to battle Johnny Kilbane for his world's title has had one of the Pounds of Beef to Carry— Others Signed Up. New York, March 27.—Heavy- waited patiently at the armory Satur- | i day night for the Yale collegiates to |arrive, is quite peeved. In fact he | might be said to be bolling over with | indignation and should Manager Whit- Burns . Deming . Doyle ... 80— 240 302~ most unusual careers in ring history. Born in Paris in 1893 Criqui start- | ed boxing before he was 16. Called |to the colors at the outbreak of the world war he fought at the front until 1915 when a bullet partially shot| away his jaw. A remarkable opera- | tion overcame a handicap which ap- parently had ended his days in the ring. Now at t» ~we of 30 and after fighting 15 years- 1 the ring and in the trenches—he i.as reached the height of his career. The story of Criqui's wound is unique. The bullet tore away a num- ber of teeth and shattered the jaw bone. A section of, the rib bone of a sheep was used in, building up his !jaw. He now wears plates in the top however. |and bottom of the jaw with 17 teeth the | which he removes before entering the |ring, substituting special non-break- able plates, Criqui has engaged in close to 200 bouts he says, although record books list but 104 of which he lost hut nine, Forty of his victories were by knock- outs, \ The Frenchman won his European title last December when he stopped Billy Matthews, English champion, af- an infection. 4 Joe . {Btante: | Duplin |Low Man weights—1,615 pounds of them—will|ten of the Atlas A: C. of New Haven pound each other May 12 at the/cross his path the latter may hear | | ity ' something not so complimentary. harity boxing show in the new Yan-| iy ! g According to ILanpher, Whitten, who he says arrqnged the Saturday night game, did not advise him in nnvi way that the Yale authorities had re- Luis Angel Iirpo, South American|fused to permit Suisman to play, contender for the heavyweight title, [thereby making it necessary to can- Tex Rickard discovered that he l\ad1ccl the game ., After waiting until 9 picked eight of the heaviest men of p. m., Lanpher says he tried to Iocatc‘ the ring for the show. Whitten in New Haven and failed. | Jess Willard 240 pounds will meetI Later he got the Atlas assistant man- Floyd Johnson, 200. They are sched-|ager at Middletown, where that team uled to go 15 rounds. | was playing and was told that the Firpo weighs 220 pounds while| game was off and Whitten was sup- Lodge tips the beam at 235. Young|posed to have notified New Britain. Bob Fitzsimmons, son of the former| Then it was that a picked-up team title holder and Harry Drake, Eng-[was secured. Incidentally, the man- lish l.ght heavywelght who have been|agement refunded the money to any matched for six rounds, each weigh [who did not care to stay. 185 pounds. The locals finish their season Carlos Scaglia of the Argentine who | Bristol next Saturday night. will make his ring debut in a four- e round encounter with Charley McKen- GIBBONS WINS BY KAYO na of Greenwich Village matches Mc- Peoria, Ill, Mareh 27.—~Tommy Kenna's weight of 175 pounds. Gibbons, St. Paul light heavyweight, e knocked out Andy Schmader of Oma- ha in thg first round of their sched- uled ten round bout last night. TANK STARS To MEET Detroit, March 27.—~Johnny Weist Pittsburgh, March 27.—The Pitts-| muller, Norman Ross and “Stubby"”|burgh Nationals will play intra-club Kruger are among the star natators|games each day this week, except Sat- entered for the national swimming|urday when the Pirates will meet the pentathlon for men at the Detroit A.|Boston Americans for the third ps- C. tank Saturday night. Weissmuller |season game according to. advices is the present outdoor pentathlon|from Hot Springs. title holder and Ross recently won| The Yannigans won the junior title. intra-club game 9 to 2. SPEED KING DISCOVERED AS HE RACED FOR TROLLEY CAR Intra-Club Games However, next season he expects to flash across the gridiron just as spesdily as ever, kee stadium. After signing Farmer Lodge of Min- neapolis for a 15-round contest with Frank Dick Spino Wilcox May 2, if it does not rain, probably will be celebrated in Washington as Everett Scott day. yesterday's Unless something upforeseen hap- pens, the Yankee will play in his thousandth straight game on that day. (Continued on fdywing page) { Bill Brennecke, once something of a bowler hereabouts, is too busy this season to pay much attention to the pins. All Mak REPAIRED a; OVERR ULED Cadillacs a Sprialty AUTHORIZEDNASH SERVICE STATON~ J. B. Moran GARAG 31315 CHURCH ST. ‘fel. 1354 ars He's still in the game, He's the officlal secretary of Northern Connecticut league. in Bill Stevenson, ex-Princeton star | and national quarter mile champion, | is now at Oxford and may rcpresenl]‘ that college in the Penn relay meet. | Chief Bender, famous Indian twirl- i er, is coaching the U. of P. boxmen for a couple of weeks. Strictly Fresh Native Eggs, 45c doz. Cooked Food Shop.—advt. It Happens In The Best Regulated Families The lowest 72 hole golf score is credited to an amateur. Chick Evans| in 1916 at Minikahda had consecutive rounds of 70, 69, 74 and 73 for a 286 total. D L et g | Plainville is preparing to put an-| other town team onto the diamond this spring and all those interested will meet Thursday evening. It is reported that there are a number of ex-leaguers working at the Standard Steel and Bearings company who may come out for the team. Southington also is to have a team. | Charles Mullins will be the manager, TRADE SCHOOL IN RACE. The New Britain Trade school has- ketball team will play South A\Ian-‘ chester at Meriden tomorrow morn- ing at 11:30 o'clock and at 4:30 p. m | the winner of this game will g play | Bridgeport for the state rhnmpion-i ship. | freshman year in 50 flat, When young Martz, then of Holly- wood High school, first put on the togs and loped around the cinder path the school coach discouraged | him, saying he was to frail for track work. Dut the “frail” kid kept on loping, training on his own time and with little guidance. * | Under Cromwell's tutelage he came rapidly to the fore, showing wonderfur | form, and the veteran U. 8. C. coach saw in him a successor to the speedy|_ $1—new sprint marvel of the west ! | George Schiller, who went to the Ante Coach Dean Cromwell of the Uni-|werp games as alternate for the versity of Southern California "vli34§1'n|t("l States. sovered” the youngster when he made| If Charles Paddock doesn't run in » dash to overtake a street car. Now;tho southern team against Cglifornia 's being hailed as the biggest find and Stanford in the coast conference of the season this side the Rockies. |events, beginning April 17, Yale Martz A few days ago he won his 220- ! will be relied upon as mainstay for U, yard lap in a mile relay race at the 8. C. in the 220 and 440, A. A. U. at Occidental college in| Martz is thanking that impatient 11:02, the old record for this distance | strect - motorman from the roles sefore Charlie Paddock smashed it. |of his twinkling tootsies for having He won the far western 440-yard turned on the juice just as Crom- ip in 4988 during his|well hove on the scene ! . ) Los Angeles, March 27—Yale Martz, THE STQLB THAT IS FAVORED BY THE BEST DRESSED MEN ARROW COLLARS CLUETT, PEABODY & CO. INC.