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NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1923, CHARLIE PILKINGTON WINS NEW YORK BOUT — HARTFORD CLUB HAS BOXING SHOW TONIGHT—CITY CLUB DEFEATS CASINO BOWLING STARS —WORLD RECORDS SET AT MILWAUKEE TOURNEY — YALE GOLF STAR JOINS AMERICAN TEAM FOR ENGLAND'S TITLE MEET—BOWLING NOTES — { New York, April 10.—Two home runs by George Kelly gave the Giants a victory over the White Sox yester- day at Chattanooga, 5 to 2, and placed the Giants two games ahead of the| Chicagoans in their spring exhibition series. Careclessness lost a game for the Yankees to the Brooklyn Robins at Oklahoma City by the score of 4 to 1. The Yankees made three errors. Roush Case Up. Cincinnati, April 10,—Whether or not Eddie Roush will be a member of the Cincinnati Nationals this year was expected to be known definitely today. The holdout fielder called on President Hermann yesterday and stated he had a new proposition to make, whereupon Mr. Hermann called a meeting of the board for today to confer with Roush. Roush declined to discuss his differences with the club. At Indianapolis, Ind: At Savannah, Gi Boston (N) ... ‘Washington (A) ... Watson, Genewich and lingsworth and Ruel. At Memphis, Tenn.: At Oklahoma City, Ok.: At Wichita, Tex.: 2 2 At Chattanooga, New York Nationals Chicago Americans “ee J. Barnes, Jonnard and Faber, Connally and Schalk. College Bascball. Harvard 8, Conn. Aggies 5. Dartmouth 7, Columbia 4. Cornell 10, Virginia 10. Maryland 8, Vermont 7. . HARTFORD BOUT TONIGHT. Liouis Bogash, Connecticut’s pre- mier entrant in the middleweight ranks, and considered by many ring critics as the real contender for the crown held by ampion Johnny Wil- son, will ewing into action this even- ing in the feature 12-round bout at the Star A. C. of Hartford against Jackie Clarke of Pennsylvania, in| what promises to be a hattle filled with action. ! R K. GIBSON DEAD | Newport, R. I, April 10.—Robert | K. Gibson, who for the past seventee: years has been employed by Reginald WHAT ABOUT WILLARD? FORMER CHAMP IN GREAT SHAPE FOR BIG TEST WITH FLOYD J OHNSON Excelsior Springs, Mo., April 10.— ‘What about the condition of Jesw Willard ? Look over the pictures of the for- mer champ in golf attire and judge for yourself. Willard says that he is in far bet- ter shape right now than when he| lost the championship to Jack Demp- sey at Toledo. He certainly looks the part, The big fellow is hard as nails. Has| lost practically every pound of the| superfluous flesh that clung to his| waistline when he started training. He looks physically fit. Says he is. Willard seems to be the only person | not worrying about his bout with Floyd Johnson in Néw York May 12. Willard Is Confident. Rumors have it that Jess may not box in New York. Despite the stories| the ex-champ sticks to the routine of training, says he will surely beat| Johnson. | If he wins over Johnson, a bout with Dempsey is a certainty. Willard | is confident that he will reverse the verdict of the first meeting, He in- sists lack of condition lost him his| title, that he failed to take the chances of Dempsey seriously. “I could do 15 rounds today at top speed,”] was Willard’s reply to how he felt. “I am positive I will defeat John- son. Such a victory wiil win for me the consideration that New York box- ing officials now refuse to give, Has Taken Up Golf “I am training in earnest for this bout and will continue right up until the day of the fight,” he declares. “There will be no let-up.” And each day the big ex-champion pounds out, his training schedule. With his fight six weeks away Jess is being accused of really working too It would have given him a total of hard. His manager, Ray Archer, has| 736 in the singles instead of 715. That told him to slow up some, 1| would have put him in first place in| But Jess s determined. He is put-|that event. ‘ ting in virtually four hours a day on| Likewise the score of 736 wouid| the road, in the gymnasium and on|stand as the highest three gamés ever the rubbing table. bowled in the A. B. C. That mark is Between training work Jess is a|now 735, | popular figure in the fashionable 18 | S o e sort hotels and on the golf course. Jess has taken up golf here. He is following in the footsteps of Dempsey in that game. Jack learned to play golf here two years ago. Jess drives left-handed. Unbeaten Mat Men Will Meet in Boston Bouts Springfield, April 10.—Unbeaten grapplers, each with his eye fastened on the world's heavywelght cham- pionship, which Ed Strangler Lewis is sporting around the country these dGays, meet tonight at the auditorium under the management of Jim Barnes Marin Plestina, the man whom §25,- 00 says can beat any man in the game today, is here to turn a trick he failed to accomplish last year against George Calza, the most popular wrestler the public has seen since the days of Joe Stetcher. Plestina under- takes to throw Calza once in 90 min- utes. Last year he said he would top- ple the Itallan twice in 75 minutes and he didn't get anything that looked like a fall. MIDDLETOWN YOUTH CHOSEM Northfield, Vt,, April 10.-~The Nor- wich University Athletic assoclation probably had fuil control of the elec-| tion of a sport manager for the last time today, when Irving C. Schaefer of Middletown, Conn,, was elected manager of basketball for next sea- son. ] All Makes Cars Team Event First Game Second Game Third Game Only one bowler in the history er‘ the A. B. C. has ever rolled a perfect game in national competition. ‘ Billy Knox of Philadelphia is the bowler. He turned the trick March | 10, 1913, at Toledo. ! On Tuesday, April 3, 1923, at Mil-| waukee, over 10 years later, Knox came within a pin of duplicating the| feat. | While Knox's score was only 279,/ the refusal of one pin to iall cnst‘ a count of 21 in the final result. | Knox started his final game with /| seven straight sivikes. On a rather light hit in the cizhth frame all the pins fell with the exception of No. 8,! which wobbled around and finally righted itself, while the crowd gasped | with excitement. | Knox finished the game by strik-| ing out, so that had the No. 8 pin| fell it would have given him a perfect | game® of 300 instead of 279. | The failure of the No. 8 pin to fall| also cost Knox several other records aside from the perfect game feat. | IF You FIND E SUT WITH TS {G Vanderbilt as a trainer of his show | hackneys and who was considered to | be one of the best in this country, died suddenly at Mr. Vanderbilt's S8andy Point farm this morning. Heart dis- ease was the cause of death. JORANSON IN TROUBLE New York, April 10.—Floyd John- (son, Towa heavyweight, who is matched to box Jess Willard at the Yankee Stadium on May 12, today was the central figure of a controversy in- volving boxing commissions in three states—New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts. GIANTS WIN OVER CHISOX; ’ YANKS LISTLESS, LOSE 4-1 ’ ENGLAND WITH U. 8. TEAM | 1 Yale Faculty Grants National Cham- | lyn Noses Out Rivals by | Varsity Y, New Haven, April 10.-——Jess Wil-| American golf team which will invade Inglanc A X Today—Boehler to Get England this spring., Last night his Part of $25,000 P“l’Chase;or the Sheffield Scientific school in | which he is a member of the senior | “It would be simply a shame If an | undergraduate of the technical ath- of the splendid opportunity to ac- company the national team abroad.” | his petition. According to the terms| | of the permission Sweetser will be al- required to make up his back work | by special tutoring. He will return will not be allowed to play with the | Yale golf team this spring. generosity of the act of the faculty in making his trip possible. He will| He received another present last {night when the Athletic Board of| To Get a Slice. | tional title in tennis or golf would re- Pittsburgh, April 10. — Pilcher| oojve gutomatically & major “Y.” This of the Western league $25,000, Will|tpis gpring, as evidenced in his prac- get part of the purchase money, it 15| tice at the Race Brook Country club, | yesterday. | the season by capturing the national | championship. St. Louis (N) .. siea e Head 1924 Yale Quintet Detroit (A) . <00 05 31 New Haven, April 10.—Yale's an- | Haas of Kansas City for captain. He i has played guard for two seasons and Cincinnati (N) 8 1lender into a championship team win- Burwell, Fitzsimmons and Krueger; ner in one season, was given an ova- sas City was elected president of the R. H. E.|Basketball association for next’ year. O'Neil; Hol-| Wallace William Kieselhorst of St | Louis was elected freshman manager. i Pittsburgh (N) .. . 1: 12 Oi —— i i | E 1 2 : n Memphis (8) . |Dempsey Is Given Until | partment of the 127 American Legion H. E.|posts of Montana have given Jack Vance, Reuther and DeBerry,|reject the $200,000 offered the cliam- Hungling; Jones, Hoyt and Schang. pion to meet Tommy Gibbons in a moter for the American Legion who Chicago Nationals .9 14 received a telegram to that effect to- Wichita Falls (Texas) 3 5 and Bischoff. A | Benton Play With Reds Tenn.: | New York, April 10—Joha K. 29 caused by swallowing the rough, de- Snyder; | flant words he spoke in the general Returning from a long vacation out west, Heydler announced that he 8o far as he is concerned, the “Rube” may play with Cincinnati and may be A few weeks ago Heydler was dis- pleased by the decisipn of the judge, pitcher, Eye Trouble May Keep |Lee Fohl of the St. Louis American league club deeclined hgre today to LASKER TAKES LEAD ot ; A W |game for goo ecause of eye trou- Chicago, Aprll 10.-With his hird | lle. Fohl said, however, that he did Jasker of Chicago regained the lead o ™ > M | (not know how long it would be before In A match with Frank J Marstal /the star player could report. Sisler FR NN game after 30 moves, Ean operation in order to correct an ¥ impairment of his vision. Ten Years Ago. On April 10, 1913, flood waters at game several days. ‘Twenty-five Years Ago. he won’t want control of the Chicago ball club, as he thinks it would be a World Champs :Take 5-2 pion Permission—~He Wins His | Vtue of Errors ‘ !llam Sweetser, national amateur golf | foreign adventure received the un-| Price—Exhibition Games. | Dean Charles Hyde Warren of letie ability and the excellent scholar- The Scholarship Committee of the | lowed absence from his classroom rec- | to the university in May before reci-! Sweetser was in town last night and leave here today for his home in| }Conlrnl passed a vote asserting that George Bochler, for whom the Pitts-| gives Sweetser the coveted insignia to stated in advices received here from|has appeared more finished than at Exllibifl?fid&&bflll. | 3 | Doak, Sell and Clemons; Dauss and | nual hasketball election last night re- R. H. E.|was football halfback the past fall. Roberts, Rixey and Hargraves. tion at the annual banquet. 4 6 O0/Robert Brooke Tibbs of Milwaukee Richard Goodman Ives of Danbury Cooper, Morrison nd’ -Gooch. Ma Saturday fon His Reply Brooklyn (N) ... 9 2 Dempsey, world's champlon boxer un- |15 round contest at Shelby, Mont., on . day. Dumovich, Steuland and Hartnett, R. H. E.|Heydler, president of the National |direction’ of Judge K. M. Landis, re- | would not say any more rough, defi- considered as lily-white as the pale which held that organized baseball Sisler Out of the Game discuss reports that George Sisler, the Victory—his first in the serics at ™he|not expert Sisier to be in condition of New York for the chess champlon- | © 0% Fat “Louts and it fs satd it YESTERYEARS Cineinnati were still on fleld, necessi- On April 10, 1898, “Cap” Anson g. venture—the ball club, not the KELLY’S TWO HOMERS GIVE \SWEETSER IS GOING T0 Victory While Brook- Roush Case to Be Set“ed‘rhnmpi(ln. will be a member of the | qualified endorsement of the faculty | class. the school said: ship rank of Sweetser was deprived | :schaol gave its unanimous approval of itations during his trip, but will be tations close for the spring term. He| |said that he heartily apreciated the| Bronxville to prepare for his trip. ny undergraduate who wins a na- burgh Nationals gave the Tulsa club| wear ipn England. Sweetser's form Memphis, where the Pirates played|the start of last year, when he closed gt taaille fle » u 5. Johnny Haas elected to Bassler, Woodall. sulted in the choice of John Hoxie Indianapolis (A. A.) 4 11 1/ Coach Joe Fogarty, who turned a tail- | Winton Marlotte Bernardin of Kan- 1 6 0 was chosen assistant manager and | R. H. E.|was elected class league manager. tox; Patterson, Wills and Tate. Milwaukee, April 10.—The state de- New York (A)"v...... «. 1 7 3/til next Saturday at noon to accept or | July 4, according to Mike Collins, pro- | R. H. E. O'Farrell; Mokan, Fincher, !’Iahf‘riy:Heydlel:_I‘eady to Let 5 10 2|league, has a touch of laryngitis |garding the “Rube’ Benton decision. ant words about the judge's decisions. {virtue of the magnates themselves. had failed to prove a case against the New Orleans, April 10.—~Manager Browns' first baseman, was out of the Hamilton club in this eity Sdward to begin the season, and that he Jid ship of the United States by winnlng‘mny be necessary for him to undergo IN SPORT tating postponement of the opening sald that if we have war with Spain REPAIRED and OVERHAULED Cadillacs a Specialty | AUTHORIZED NASH l SERVICE STATION ' J. B. Moran GARAGE 8133; CHURCH ST. Tel. 1354 How Knox Assumed the Lead in All-Events R x 2 9 o6 17 157 185 116 o83 o of oF 108 135 5% ¥ 188 2% 3|5 - x # 10f 137 167 195 215 43| § X x / o xfxxx x x / x X & 8 108 13 19 1% 36T |5 F 63 5 113 19 154 16% 217 230[50 60 0 115 135 159109 3 By ishosivsorsoabisnsbngss OIB WHEN THe LAUNDRY 1S BROUGHT UP To You TAKE A LOOK YOURSELF Doubles First Game Singles First Game £ 8L 4 x /) x /% 64 73 92 113 132 152 192 192 Second Game x 3 & 88 105 16 145 166 15 223 Third Game Second Game X (¥ X { 6/ x XXX %9 106 126 143 163 193 223 Third Game x / X, 294 x ¥zk (] " o oiiioiivissnasssssasaneBDRL DO S oviiivia i ibinnigevaitas ot TR It would have given him a tofal|lishing a world's record for A. B, C. of 2040 in all events instead of 2019, |competition and led the major cvent It kept him from repeating his a(m}ior 10 minutes, the Nelsons bumping perfect game miracle. them out of first place almost imme- In making his remarkahble record diatel of 2019, Knox was handicapped by! 1. Wilson and C. Daw, members of | one of the few fouls made in the!'the champion Nelson team, hung up| tourney. |a new record in an A, B. C. meet for In his team event he fouled in the double competitionisvhen they totaled second frame of the first game on 1356, bettering the record established| a strike. On his second ball he got in 1917 by G. Satorius and W. Holz- | only nine. He followed this with schuh of Pecoria by 12 pins, two more strikes, so it s an easy| W. Knox of Philadelphia leads the matter to figure how costly the foul all-events with a new world's record proved. |of 2019, . | C. Baumgarten of Cineinnati is in; Milwaukee, Wis., April 10—Repeat- [the top position in the individuall ed shattering of world's records in|event with a total of 724, fall five pins| three of the four events, scoring of |Short of the world's record held by unusually high totals and the display W. ILundgren of Chicago, who made of better bowling than has even been the mark at Toledo last year. seen in a congress meet, featured the| Those who share in the prize money 23d annual tournament of the Amer-|comprise 391 five-man teams, 759 two- | ican Bowling Congress which ended|man teams, 1533 singles and 132 in| yesterday. |the all-events. New records were established in| the five-man, doubies and all-cvents PILKINGTON WINS divisions, The Nelson-Mitchell aggre-| New York, April 10.—Charley Pil- gation of Milwaukee, led in the team | kington of Meriden defeated Sammy | event with a total of 3139, the Claman | Stone of New York in the ten-round Dairy Lunch quintet of Indianapolis star bout at the Fairmont Sporting being a close second with 3115, The club here last night, winning prac- | Clamans registered the first 3100 total | tically every round Stone weighed ever shot in a gational meet, (stlb-{lfii!. and Pilkington 230, - — Ain’t It a Grand and Glorious Feelin’? AND YOU HAVE A MENTAL PICTURE OF ALL THE BUTTONS THAT . NEED SEWING ON -AND THAT “AND NOT A J0Ck WITH A HOLE VERY UNION FULL IN ITT— Copyrioht, 1923, N, Y. Teibune Tne. GIRLS SHOW GoOD FORM AT ALLEYS City League Opens With a Bang- N. B. Leaguers Win Last night was a big night with lo. cal bowlers. New Britain, in the State league, copped two from the Casinos of Hartford and some idea of how closely the two were matehed may be seen when, the total pinfall is read. But 7 points separated the two. The Ladies' City league t away to a screeching start, The South End« ers took two from the Traut and Hine, the Universal Five made it three straight from the Dept. 30 girls at the Stanley Works and the Machine nomsane toole n couple from P. and F. Corbin. North and Judd managed W wai-one of the three from the Kast Ends. Miss E. Larson had high single with 1067to her credit and Miss G. Bcharff, with 270,#was high for three strings. In the Stanley Shipping league the Bolts dropped two to the Hinges, the Corner Irons took three from the Latches and the Brackets did the same thing to the Butts. St. Elmo took two from the K. of P. team. Last night's scores: LADIES' CITY LEAGUE. Treut and Hine, C. Larson .. 3 st E. Anderson Blelman . Larson . Lynch . Maerz . Loomis Lyneh . Meyer Scharft L. Blelman . Stanley Works, Dept 30. e 1818 9%a 28 88 Curlick . 80— 211 Karpinsk! Dalton Iaber ..... Universal Five. M. Sanderson ....... 86 & M. Gritzpacher ... G. Anderson H. yackson . Pochareayk ... H. Chapman . Naples . Kenclor M. Riankenherg ...... A. Quinn ©. La Porte Dummy. ... P. Cavie . 8, Madon I. Plerson ... A. Olson .. Tl 218 290 305 881 Hhe 217 87— 254 8 Meskill .. Burke . Fuscliillo Elllott . 90— 313 3281040 Barch Currin (Continued On Following Fage). BRIGGS ALL THE SO0CKS: NEED DARNING g wa WS NRRRNIRY SN