New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 31, 1923, Page 8

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1923. e THE HERALD UNFOLDS THE SPORT DRAMA OF 1923, SHOWING BABE RUTH OUTSTANDING BASEBALL STAR AS WELL AS FEATURES OF BOXING, TENNIS, FOOTBALL AND GOLF—KACEYS WIN 203200080000 IRTeeTReseassRntsiitneaasetisnssseseses: T T e e R R e e PRINCIPAL TITLE HOLDERS IN THE VARIOUS BRANCHES OF SPORT LIFE, . BET rHEY RE MlGHTY GLAD MR 1923 IS GON Pight Champions. Amer K Dempses larry Batting Champion: Heilman American icat Heavyweight Light heavyweight Midai Harry Greb, Juc Champions. Wiltie Hoppe. Ralph Green Genr v Du y1 o Lightweight Featherweight Bantamweight gunuma sFlyweight —r enar *ollins x—While Dar M e " « Anpleby world's flyweight titie, e is not r t PPoc P awREdL W ognized as the American champio 3 American Goll Chan,pions, Women's Nationa 1dit mings. Mo Marsto Natior 1yton ail Champions e and Cornell, Michigan and Cali- Boliby Jc 1 Open an Twré Ct two-year-old Leading th American Saraze Cummings. National I'u Par ticha Da Walsh. Wo American Bascball Champions. Wor Nationa CHg New Yor Giants. American cague New Kkees. World & Nationa! latti ‘ha ers Hornsby Evctra Hole Play Features Golf Title Battles U. S. Holds Davis Cup--Miss | Wills Becomes Wizard S g his viet of the 1n golf now: defending che pion rarcly ever repeats, Ge throughout tributed a bright page to in succes- | of the when he nuis Champions, Cup—Won by United States. i's Turf—W. M. Johnston Court—W. M. John- Intered d's Clay Tilden 2nd men's—Helen Nationa William door—Vincent Rict Court—William ards, Tit- npion Clay golf season of 1929 by & closeness of pl st unexam Repeats previous year, me ays the Americu’s te supremacy, uni- Sacas versally iz mained estioned 1923, Yor the third year sion the United States defenders of | fre the international » 1 back the strongest ol t « Wi lenging nations with ond extra hol. case. For the third time Barazen start years an American, William M. Jc major titles, the ston of Califor wor at Skokie, and t turf court championship at Wimbie« he don after taking the world's clay[to duplicate court titic in France he 1 Added prestige came wit whelming triumph of the women's tennis team over t rated women players of Engls { ope their first interautionsl mat est Hills, Mrs. Mc Mallory, Jen Wills, Miss K Goss ¢ re, George W. Wightman, only an Miss McKane, Clayton ar with Standing out promine the features of the sensationn! Miss Helen title round of championship four years on ar Mrs, Molla Ma tional champio cept defeat. In umph the Paclfic played the sort o opinion of competent critics, sinee na the arnuls zime profess w.-‘n.u nt at I ter Hagen b Davis € tur tourname 1 Day otk « 1 two whicl yatel t Oakmont, He w won the play, whic wol hah his L\ nota I the ove America Bobhy os s Open Bobby ta amateur who won ishing in a tie wi mit or coneedes outsid Jeteati Beamish, Mrs SUPPrise matehes, a clean sweep o the areold was s ar befor with John I victory of 17.ye Wills of Califor the Ior the frs b guiipes Following Iage) - FOREIGN BOXERS T0'INVADE 0. . (Continued merican coast schoolgir! tennis that, in t bids fair 1 Mol tween Paps hutpe Helen W Johnny Nns, th by \ youth Kilbane Jesse S of Harva Great Boxers RINB i CROWNS SHIIT SPORTS ACTIVITY SELECTING LEADING WITH GREAT SPEEG AT Y. INCREASING ELEVEN TRYING JOB 1923 Saw Passiog of Two Really Track, Handball, Basketball and So Many Good Teams That to Name Best Is Impossible ips v th ul tennis who held the fe, g0l champion, o - ) - > You don't suppose John Welker Cochran, who W some of 1 ex-boys and girls do yo Molla Maliory crics, is sorry to s certainly coast,. in the orld RO billiard play-oft tar from the stherweight title o than any other ¢ found 1¢ hoodoo year, who i I tor the umpion, 1ol by the did Bill Roper of years on the gridirons, Engiish horse waysic Princ The ng hree” coaches 0ld honors w ery for many otl us dethroned by from every angle, Y IN OVERTIME £ | RANGERS WIN S — e " BABE RUTH'S GREAT CflME -BACK SHINES Was Outstanding Feature of 1923 in Baseball | The major league season of 1923 | was featured by many unusual hap- penings. The tragedy of the year was fur- nished by the failure of George Sisler to holl dewn first base for the St | Louis Browns, Voted the most valuvable player in the American league in 1922, Sisler was the outstanding figure in baseball His club had been beaten by a one- me mucgin for the pennant. The experts picked the Browns as the best {het for 1923 if Sisler continued his great pla During the winter months Sisler suffered an eye aifliction that failed [to respond to treatment, the most \al“.\bll- player of 1922 was a mere spectator during the 1923 sea- son. ‘Ihe Browns finished in the see- ond divisien. «he Ruth the Star roicy of the year were nished e Ruth, A fallen idol in 1922, a "bust” in the world series of that year, he was the sensation of the orld last scyson The basevall Ruth cams ance. He was more mera home-run hitter last season, Ruth was a Tris Speaker in the out- field, a Ty Cobb on the bascs and a Babe Ruth at the bat. A fairly good le during | combination, player in the eton and the most valuable be in league for 1923, supplanting with a decided than a MeGra who was race Ruth topped off the greatest sea- son of his career by heing the Aquatic Events Saturday t more « cult All- the oys play footl pick an meet with nd Comell Yak t 1 Corr Alternoon Saturday o 1 the « Neither oy L the o rate ¢ ufficien irgument bit tou an (Continucd on Following Witt and « lefeut noise of the world series. As Ruth ball. Ruth world series of 1921 apgd 1622 and the Yankees lost, Ruth deliver- ed in 1923 and the Yankees won, lLeague Winners th New York clubs, won their respecPive longue's pennants. The ex- perts figured the Yankees would have ge in ba than the Glants, yet the opposite true. With tha season half over, the Yankees stepped ont and distanc their rivals, while the Giants we pressed all the way, 1 chams 1y the two previous world series mectings between the Yankees and the € ¥, the American league en- try had been strong favorite and was beaten both times out, 1924 event, while the Yankees were ' still strongly favored, a number of the experts liked the chances of the Giants, This time the Yankees cross- ed them up by canturing the honors the American league, Cornell Batting Champions r team In the matter of batting champions 1 1o Harry Heilmann of Detroit and Rog- Hornshy of the 8t. Louis Cardi- Continued on Following Page) at quess problem American \pproval ell stood The 18 probu- | for with pos- |ers Page) ] As a result | fur- | No wonder he was vot- | big | s0 o the Yankees has long been | fatled | a much harder time coming through | was | In the | PLAY—SPORTS AGAIN WHILE ‘] KACEYS TRIM THE ALL N. B. Falcons Defeated 20 to 17 in City League Prelimi- nary and Hartford K. of C. Nose Out Locals 28 fo 25 in Overtime Play. While the Rangers won their sece jond game in the city league by de- feating the Falcons Saturday night at | the armory, in the big game the All- New Britain five went down to a close defeat at the hands of the Hartford Kaceys, 28 to 25. Rangers Win Second Half. Although they were defeated in the | city leaguc game at the armory Sat- urday uight by the score of 17 to 20 by the shappy Ranger outfit, the Fal- | cons were not outplayed and for their first game as a unit they played a ré- markable brand of ball, Coming on- to the floor an unknown outfit, they | soon had the Rangers worried, and when the first half ended were in the lead by a score of 11 to 7. As was the case a week ago, the Rangers won in the second half by a burst of speed and shooting. | The teamwork and floor passing of | the Falcons was far superior to that |of the Rangers and had they been | abie to shoot one-quarter as well as wouid have won , they missed enough threc the ba pass® handily. As baskets to have On the won two or oth hand g0t the d sunk shots us they missed the flashy floor shooting of Jasper stood out, while the eificient guard- ing of Captain B. Kania was likewise | very goed. Time and time again he | broke up the Ranger teamwork and | started his team on the way to what would have been an overwhelming lead had they been able to locals | the hoop once they got under the basket, games Rangors, made th as many the IKalcons, dribbling and most of it a about For work, Berg Ge | jerg, the husky guard ors, was tickled pink seconds after the whistle blew e hooked 1n a double decker from be- yond tne 15 foot mark. This was the first tally of the ame and th time Berg had scored in (V The ave him & good | Kar followed with a firld g | the Falcons, tying the and (rom then on it was nip and tuck, Juspar dropped in three double deckers and a foul In the first and these, with Klatka's two foul baskéts piat his team in the lead 11 to 7 at the hair- way mark Rungers conld not get going in the opencr ana one fleld a Goal, of the Rang- when a few The (Continued on Following Page) e i R ] SKATe SHARPENING | 20 NS I Charles E. Hadfield S MY sl Sy “dost Around the Comer” J BRIGGS to dethrone Mlle. Lenglen of France as world's champion beforc long The year saw an unusua large number of foreign stars on Amer- fcan courts, but only national championghip was carri the country, Miss Me Mrs Beamish of Englan the women's doubles N York, Dec In another title final, the men's Americ doubles, Brian Norton of South Af.| poxers, rica shared the victory with Wi 1923 T. Tilden of Philadelphia, rd proved himsclf the world's tennis players Tilden won the ! for the fourth time i flashing greater tennis v]w,, fore in his brilliant career your champions When a Feller Needs a Friend Johnso 1 duty " Corrazzo | circuit, This one : round 11 op y for a year or so, do Ssn no-decisior frequently Goming Year PI‘OIIIISCS 0 See . International Fights ‘ shooting e - ) e team. WELL «~ | THO'T | COULD FIX IT BUT |y DogGoru ! i i | GUESS ILL HEV TO GIVE IT UP:- IT'S IT'S IN WORSE ALL CUTA KILTER-~ NEEDS A NEW SHAPE THAN WHEN MAIN SPRING AN' A GIN'RAL [ You TooK Tpe JeB OVER HAULIN' = WOULDN'T BE BIT OER A YEAR AGO. SPRISED \F YouD HAFTA HAVE A WHY DIDN'T You HULL NEW OUTFIT- . SAY Yeu DIONT iNow BETTER GiT Seme 4 {’ i ,/ ANYTHING ABOUT 1T BOLY ELSE To (e ol THATS A GeeD Piece 3 'D.F ®LE o1 ‘('-\‘/\C.I—vHNER\i L | PAWNEES WIN AGAIN DwRn o’ TURNIP | | CcouLD GET AHGLD . B SOME GooD REPAIR Give Past l out of Two Stars Dimuned largely great fighters passed . anme to ob Johnny Kilbane, who won the featherweight title from Bpark Plug Abe Attell i fonger than! Ul another ot in the V vo really R ivior gs Wik, spark ¥ 1o fstic realr the fan promis el g in th cots o noor who ¢ n | rec peer of Prosy country ha tiona MAN - ——— Junior Club From New ishers Arrive Haven Their First Taste of Defeat This Scason. The Panthe Boys' club streak when th of New Haven feat Saturday Both teams batt utes before a scor Parnells were the ¥an up a lead of 2 point of the Panthers dropped goal, which was ved er by Aronson The score of the first ha!f was I'a nells 12 In the started to score a began. The ¥ the Parnclls the two gua their men ball Aronson s Ianthers, w played well for t o Up Wild Cate Spee siki Goes Ladly secor scor porris Not T Panthers G . Ker C. Bigg M. Luke, ¢ A. Aronson, rg B. Gotowalla, Iz Aigr Vicentini Goes Back Vicentini has returned 1 Bradiey, Hateh, J 1 1 ter receiv han : of John Total .... 2 tuen i Gregory; timer, Zelden; halves. Febr among Anderson: scorcr n e - 20 minute ers for Pe | throne ny