New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 25, 1924, Page 8

MIKE McTIGUE TURNS UP NOSE AT $100,000 OFFER FOR TWO BOUTS—ALL NEW BRlTAlN BASKETBALL TEAM LOSES TO lNSlLCOS—MILQN TO MANAGE NEW HAVEN—SPORTING EVENTS AT Y. M. C. A—OTHER SPORT NEWS OF MOMENT MILAN SIGNED AS LAST OF GLEVELANII HAVERS AND OCKENDEN ON INVASION OF AMERICA NEW HAVEN PILOT SPEEDTRIOTRADED ... ... {old country are in America engnginl in competitive matches. Arthur Havers, open champion of | he British Empire, and Jimmy Ock- ‘«-n\h , open champion of France. You naturally expeet to find in not- | ed champions the ultimate gestures of | form, the convincing touch of per- contiues to cling to the | fection, | And golf is a game that su pposedl) puts a high premium on form. Havers has form, as the eminent | golf doctors preseribe it;, Ockenden hasn't. Study You ing Former Big Leaguer Expects to| “ambsganus Hero of 1920 World Appear in Line-Up Series, Goes to Hub The world series heroes, The trade recent- | Bill Wambs- | to Boston, Jesse Clyde | haleyon | areer, 1 all club me Haven, Jm Jinx New put over, sending aven s the from Presi New Haven diving into it might w Haver s from Cleveland season that camc Weiss on the night. Before tion on Milan, note that tb tively engaged in baseball again, as shown by his sel manager for his team. Milan i best connection the American league club. M. | marks the ng of the last member club last|of the trio of players who starred in | a disserta- | the 1920 classic between Brooklyn | be well to|and Cleveland. Elmer Smith who hit boss is ac-|the home run with the sacks loade pursuits | has passed on the minors. ection of a | Bagby, by Cleveland year, got a chance with Pittsbu but near the ¢ of the 1923 season |tice was cast adrift as through. Dagby|of power w pitcher who worked the game | 8hots. sold to Washi n in which Smith hit the home run| 7, by the Wichita club with the bases filled and Wambsganss Western association. e had jus | made a triple play unassisted. In the ished a big in that circuit, | same game Bagby also hit a home having turned in a batting average |yyn with two on and won his game, § | of .304 in 114 games. an was With | ¢5 1, despite the fact Brooklyn made Washington from the fall of 1907, |43 pijs, right through 'Hll a yed ago. He went then to of e American he was assistant manage antillon, and coach of the team. Milan last year played in 101 games of ball. He turned in a bat- ting mark of .296. That figure was | one point better, the way, than | the batting of Mauric Shannon and Paul Johnson of wannon and Johnson are former stern league the accompanying pictures. » Havers and Ockenden play- full woocen shots off the same | both going for distance and both r | playing under identical conditions. ste the position of the players also the josition of the respec b heads after the last degree has been rammed into the | released long Washington Mil \A\ nown his with Two Dificrent Styles. Ockenden’s hands are well out in front, his club head is high in the | air, posed at @ 46 degree angle, his right foot is completely off the e land the weight of his body is Tull on, left heel 1 of on the ball of | » left foot, which is the approved the world series | hoodoo worked persistently as the | New York Giants. Once a member of the Giants goes big in a world series|has followed through it is regarded as the start of his finish | has tra *d his weight natural- as a member of McGraw's clan. ly com right to ‘left foot, B8 W | he has put body power into the shot | Back in 1921 Phil ~ Douglas and ffort. 1In short, Barnes offered the pitching | he has pl shot with form, It wasn't long before Ba would be difficult to imagine was traded to Boston. Then poor Phil | two completed golf strokes more to- | : ! Douglas slipped a bit and was cut| l"i" different. Yet Ockenden is the ! , he ashe- | oturn to the majors. s was ex-|Havers, to repeat, the premier pro- | ington stealing ¥ best & . fessional of the Empire BRIRE fia 14,74 97 Chined Tn the it ed o1 Douglass and Barnes than | ! pire. . . y ny other members of the yet Timing Most Important. field, Clyde fielded .960, making | MU’ were super-men. Never has there| All of which proves that what is e e e e tna sas e | B0 Dotiey reliet pitching than that | fOrm ”l,,,",‘ “:;"““"‘l“"-"'""“ Bunasis Sookk Soually piayed in oo | turned in by Barnes after the Giants|® ; B0 ’ i e On no club has 3 Havens' position more closely ap- | proximates correctness in form. He | perfectly, he | er Louisville, wauke M rnes of staff seven for r th 0! T: OCKENDEN SHOTS PINEHURST. gets the same resulls as | the rens because he has mastere, art of timing, which is everything, if not more, in golf. CAL T of golf. fons AND HAVERS, PLAYING If you have timed your IDENTI- swnig so | as to get all your power into the shot at the moment of impact you needn't sit up nights fretting about form, WTIGUE OFFERED $100,000 FOR BOUTY Jersey Promoters Wint Him to Meet Stribling and Carpentier P SE SSRGS INSILGDS DEFEAT NEW BRITAIN 443 Hardware City Team'’s Spurt in Second Half Falls Short Meriden, Jan. 25.—Any time that Meriden triumphs over New Britain|$100,000 for matches with Young in sports it almost makes the grade for halt-hoMday. If haif-holidays|Stribliis, Georgia schoolboy boxer, were given for athletic victories then|8nd Georges Carpentier, of Irance, no one at the International Silver has beem made to Mike McTigue, | company would be working this after- | world’s light heavyweight champion, noon for the Insilco five defeated the [by the National Sportsman's club of | All-New Britains last night at the|Newark, N, J. Pratt street building by the score of| McTigue countered wnh a demand 44 to 38. The preliminary event,|for $150,000 for the two bouts at a staged by the Hartford Travelers and |conference with Harry Blaufuss, rep- Insilco girls, however, marred a per- |resenting the Newark club, and it was fect evening—from a Meriden sport|indicated an attempt to reach an angle—for the visitors from the Cap- lagreement would be made within a ital City won, 18 to 13. few day: The men's game did not warm up| The Newark promoters propose to until the second half. The Insilcos|stage a McTigue-Stribling match at held a 19 to 16 lead at the end of the |the First Regiment armory in March | first half but were forced to fight!and book the light heavyweight cham- their hardest in the final chapter to|pion, it he conquers the Georglan, for come through a winner., The sailing|a fight with Carpentier in an outdoor,, |} for neither side was any too smooth, |arena in June. and the lead see-sawed back and| Stribling, who fought McTigue to a forth with the Insilcos gradually|draw in a riotous bout at Columbus, working to the fore up to the final|Ga., last October, already has agreed whistle. to the match, according to Blaufuss, Larsen and Taylor started the scor- | while terms have been cabled Carpen- ing in the first half while Billy Cook | tier. : broke the ice for the Insilcos. In the| The boom in bidding for McTigue's closing minutes, Gallagher tied the|services followed the formal appear- score, making it 18 to 16, while Art|ance of relations between the boxer Warner put the team ahead in addi- [and his managery Joe Jacobs. Differ- tion to a free try that found its|ences between the pair have widened mark. since the Stribling bout in Georgla, The real interest came almost with |When the split over financial matters, the opening of the second half. Rob-|and resulted in blocking several inson tossed a basket without anyone |matches. However, McTigue settled bothering him but Billy Cook missed [obligations with Jacobs by payment two free tries after he had been|of $6,500 to the latter, who in turn | fouled, Willyum finally located his|tore up a managerial contract which | “eye” and with Howard Robinson|did not expire until next August. staged a few rallies that brought the| Tex Rickard played a part in end- team up with the New Britains, The|ing the McTigue-Jacobs controversy score, standing 30 all, forged slowly|and now plans to seek a title match ahead with neither outfit more than|between the Irish-American and Gene two points to the bad., With the rally {Tunney, holder of the American 1706« New York, Jan. 25. — An offer of p on Frank that | 1 do s of m. double to u close, the great y 18 one of | | | over captai disposed Close finighes and races by outsid- ; at Oriental | fternoon. The with the running | the tirst race when M, C. Basch came from behind in the stretch run to win going away by two and a half th 1 unper. April, the even | money favorite, was er a factor and showed a poor perfor The winner paid $239.10 to $2 in the or [mutuels, but among the oralists was | quoted at 10 to 1 | Riposta and Hughie outran their| field from the start in the fourth race, | ement | They rac ike a team to the streteh nt {turn, gan to tire, In the brought up St outside and, won going | Just was | and mainstays curing Rawiings, ye With the shifted s out of yesterday sct 0 eco Frisch to second rpris Rawlings v outfield wa W | first came 1 tr suppli in ut a ma wor ipplied m nage fiv series when run Pribbl a rush on the lead hie, home lown the wearing away from Rut uoted at 01 s the In the fifth event G inx | well-played favorite, is the | turned up in Old Re at 12 to 1, lecision | Which came from behind on the ex- treme outside in the stretch to beat| helan a length Col, Pat, 4t § to 1, ired the sixth race | W st throws right- |to mat The Spring- Aside and Son was o but the winner| ot) from big star for Frisch 1 man informed last | pursue “Mr Hood¢ , with was always fast \ bas slackened, In his day he was one | Milan, when the littl ator was at | the Yankees. His v L & FR"NT AT HAVANA Those were his best batting years, | classic, seasons, Twi he scored 100 | he was traded first to the Phillie \n ing in 1922, For rs Milar | playi positions for New 11 He is like- as the only club Eastern Milan makes the score between bench | to his & an did Casey | late “Wild Bill” Donovar of lis first attempt field's manager, when nto the leagu g finish field for the Senators when he 'us n | Seemed o be out of the L . aua victory and was largely instrumental | of the best ba runners the American | his apogee. In 1912 Milan stole ss | Baker, starting a too. He hit 815 in 1911, .308 in 1912 g runs for his club, He d the | luter him to Pitts Walter Johnson were the ly to station hims in left fleld, with league with ager 1924, 11 and player m lined up for the | Milan is 36 v phyer, in 1205, Milan night of Milan's appointment, - " Tigers Beat St. Nick sy running. In | LY i major leaguer. He in the triumph of the G league ever knew. Only Ty Cobb and [ Johnm ket ba He pilfered 58 the year be- brought the and .299 in 1913, He was a regular That stop placed Rawlir in the Ibong ShOIS G”e Sp%[flwl’s Senators through several pennant | Rawlings ved his purp ©of the club. Gene Martin in center and Frank Os- coming season ‘v y two in favor March, His handed, but hats the vay “Now I Know I'l to have a good | ove In Overtime Contest | | both cases he came through with a | nden, accepted fash- nfoot, though in recent years his speed 4 ants S e FOUR OUTSIDERS IN Eddie Collins arc rated on a par with | much fume in the clashes with | fore and hooked 74 in 19 [down in the outfield for more than a dozen | Marked-man class, and the next year Tlm]ls it Oriemal Park s gorv ruces, and took a whack at manag. | McGraw Milan will play one of t vorne in right. T} s Pittsfield it will have to be with Pittsfield of the benchers, Milan succeed Clarksville, Tes comment of Gene McCrann, left-hand pitche Milan coming N. ). Ja came from behind In streteh run to beat the tiring pace maker orgia May, a neck. Hilloro s third, another half length away. smashing finish came in the| the 7 to 5 favorite, avorite, Overtime Princeton, was required hockey ,. Catches “Comes Back” and is Goi other 8t Nicl i n which Tt it - : Well Even Though Oyver Miss Margaret, Just managli.to last here ning 30 Years O € 12 b put Moorfield by and it — MIDGETS BEAT 8-A 10 Minute Battie At~ Central High sctiool Gym Results In 106 Victory For Little Fellows $A team of the Junior High chool clashed in gym yesterday afternoon minutes of fast play the leclarcd the victors by The Midgets and ntral gchool after 4 gets were of 106 SA te hut the the stood fenm or 8t work o the Nich an defensive Je a4 goc ehrook a at the end of the start of the teamwork be- swept into finih ¢ with 1 M 1 1r “o0r Gerbig brok the tying goal sing work marked the and the Tigers w tack during th st 1 Gerbig scored two extra tim one tarred ¢ nd @ SA Team rut Widgets Smith, ( Ga Mioy McDona PITCHER | NDER THY Louisville, De Berry, o Louisville ¢ reported to be res pital h foflowing relleve chronic apper KNIy COMMUNICATED SPORTS f Herald ats which was a p School put in 1 Aces, « Sporting Editor ¢ — CASINO BOWLING ALLEYS PRIZE OF $5.00 GOLD For BOWLING HIGH STRING IN ONE BALL THIS WEEK Slsates Sharpened 20 CENTS Charles E. Hadfield -t \rmmd the 1 hrm-y | bing' 'around these | trying” MARTY KAVANAUGH SHINES IN BASKETBALL BATTLES Belgian and American Probably Will Mecet in New York Within r Big Leaguer Develops Into One of Best Court Men in the Middle West, Detroit, Jan. =One of the préfessional basketball players in the middie west this season is Marty Kav- anaugh, former major league baseball player, and at present star member of the Red Arrow's court team of this city. Kavanaugh is gopd, and then some, Experienced, fast, a real shot and an exceedingly hard man to clude on the the one-time Detroit Cleveland second baseman has prac- tically all the nccessary assets which go to make a brilliant cage exponent. Marty is usually assigned to the role of standing guard, where his great physique stands him in good stead. And when it comes to grab- em olf the backboards, the fe low who used ot be called Altrock’s only rival as the “home- ltest man in baseball,” s in a class by himself. Kavanaugh 25. lefense, and is a great favorite parts, where he has been connected with the court game for several scasons. His ‘“always. tacties have won him a host of admirers in Detroit, where pro- fesslonal basketball has grown to huge proportione. A few more Marty Kavanaughs would greatly enhance the status of the professional court pastime uniike various other stars p! more for the fun he gets of than the remuneration Marty out it best | Nick ! HOPPE FOR CUE | sixty Days | Willie Chicago, Jan, | world’s 18.2 balkline has recelved a challenge [quard Horemanns, champlon, and the ability will be played within 60 days. Hoppe and Schaefer are ranging a tour of the Western « In retaining his title Jake Schaefer, Hoppe | up to his usual high stan: the long run showed g jovercoming the effects of | weat on the sensitive The men also indulged satety play and for the and third blocks, in When Schaefer took the lead on the of 369 it was felt by many that he might title, but he fell off hadly opening night by a scor regain the [in the next two blocks, Hoppe's average for the 1,500 point 42-54 to Bchaefer'’s 22 wpeak the match was 27 8-54. These averages themselves and show that was below the standard high run was 182, while best run was 170, 1t required twe four hours of time, so that after midolght when ran out and | HOREMANS CHALLENGES who defeated Young Jake Schaefer in the third block of their match for the billiard | pionship by a score of 1,500 to 1,196, from the E mateh in all prob- New now larger ties for exhibition matches, from hardly played | d, er skill in! the ivory in this was responsible “slow” biljiards in the Schaefer's “two innings . ¥or | play the third block of 500 points and | ¥ear at Colgate, Hoppe retained his title, | 28 to 36, the Insilcos “put on steam” [pound title. This match originally land ran up their remaining points, |Wwas scheduled for December at Madi- The visitors showed plenty of clags |Son Square Garden but was concelled with “Wolf” Larsen, Merritt Taylor, |because of Mike's tilt with Jacobs. LaHar, Restelll and Wojack working Recently, McTigue announceds he out gmoothly. They played a good |Would return to Ireland, where he passing game while Cook, Robinson|Won his title from Battling Siki nearly and Gallagher upheld the Insilcos five, |@ Year ago, but now has indefinitely Art Warner also had another one of |abandoned this plan inasmuch as he his good nights and tossed in four|is able to manage his own fistic affairs, baskets. The visitors were subjected s g e et to 12 fouls, seven of which meant points for the Insilcos. The score: TITLE YALE RELAY TEAM PICKED Haven, Jan, 26.—Yale's relay [team was selected tentatively last Fouls Polnts|nieht by Coach George Connors. It o{Will be sent In the two.mile’ race against Harvard, featuring the Boston A. A, games on Feb, 2, Captain Douglas, Chapman, Gellfus and Ban- non will be the first string quartet, while Alvord will be the reserve rune Iner and will enter the Goo-yard run, | Douglas and Chapman were meme- bers of last year's two-mile relayy team, while Gellfus was «a quarter-miler. Dannon was n miler. Yale will semd no other entries to the Boston games, but lva freshman relay team will meet Hare vard freghmen, | Hoppe, New Insilcos, cham. | Goals }(;nuughrr. 3 | Cook, 1 | Ribison, e G. Warner, rg A. Warner, 1. 1", Warner, 1g. Ed- uropean York ar- | Middle | mpotatg ., ... Al New' Britains, Goals Fouls Points KA, Y vingnns B | Restella, rf., Ig. | Taylor, 1. Larsen, ¢, 1g. | Wojack, e. Pelleteir, rg. Kilduft, rg. Yonng but in cold balls, much second Totals ... . Score by halvos: Insilcos. All-New Britain Referes —»"mmkn\i, minut: halves, 500 to Rogers Re 50 CHUR ”xll\l’(‘ (zatwn Co. 1 ST, COLGATE GIVES 115 LETTERS Hamiiton, N, Y., Jan, 25.~Colgate university here awarded 115 varsity | s | letters last night at the annual foot- | | ball smoker. This is the largest num- ber of letters ever awarded in a single | An extensive minor | |aport program made it possible to have practically the entire student |body in athletics during the year, for play Hopp o ] SKATING SUPPLIES —t— PILZ’S, R. R. ARCADE Skating At Pilz-Rhodes’ Rink, Arch St. to it was finally There’s at Least One in Every Roommg House “I WONDER * WHO THAT wWAS THAT JusT CAME InN--= I'M SURE THE FRONT DooR SLAMMED I THink | HEAR SOMEBODY JUST LEANING -- PERHADS | eAN DISTINGUISH WHO 1T 1S AS THEY Go BY THE HALL LiGHT BRIGGS THERE'S SOMEBODY ON THE DOWNSTAIRS PHONE =<+= I'LL LISTEN N A WHILE" “| CAN HEAR VOICES - | WONDER WHAT THEY 'RE SAYING SoMeBoDY WIiTH A Cam - - 1LL LEAN oUT AND MAvYEBE 1| CAN MAKE ouT WHO IT s