New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 6, 1924, Page 8

NE GIANTS, UNDER MARSANS COACHING ! MAY REVIVE BASERUNNING THRILL3!i e One of Fastest in Nation- al Pastime, Wit aia [WQ MILE CONTEST' the Champs, Billy Evans| . o | Thinks. Murchison Also Flashes in Tip| Top Form (By Billy Evans) Is baserunning duc for a revival in the major leagues? | New York, March 6. — Joie R Is the take-every-chance-possible | [liinois star raced to de ive victory system on the bases to vie with thrill lin the two mile run distance I"'ulurei of the home ru; jof the National Senior A. A. 1. in- | This question is raised by the sign-|door track and field championships | ing of Armando Marsans, former big|last night. 1 apped a field of nine leaguer, by Manager John McGraw of | rivals and conquercd two of his fore- | the Giants. mos rivals, Verne DBooth, Johns | tobert 2. Brown, Boston A. | . who finished sccond and third, Booth the intcreollegiate cross ¢- | country champion, sct the pace for | 110 of the 16 laps. Ray then took the | R llead and set a terrific pace that in Marsans Was Very Vast three laps shook off Brown, who had | 4 ays as a big league star| Stuck to Joie's 3 and ability to run bases. 1o was an|® half, passed Brown and drew up to artist when it came to hitting the dirt, | Vithin 25 vards of Ray at the finish. | 3 s 8 Murchison Shines | Loren Murchison of the Newark A. JI Cumafter successfully defending his 60 dash title came back with a bril- |1 TR Marsans, who i ments in both the tional lea is through as McGraw intends to use hinm running couch. For several years the art of base- | running has been a much negle “']‘\'ml feature in the southern lnllnlng‘ll’m“t performance in the 300 ya camps. It would seem McGraw in §98sd to make a radioal departure. |5, Goraight year, Murchison show. McGraw has announced that ev ed his heels in the 300 to Joo Tiern “ member of the Giants' squad will be Holy Cross star, by 10 yards in closo i compellcd to go through a course of |y, w) sprouts to increase his cfficiency on|, ecord time, €, H., Coaffee, Tllinois, | pulled & tendon on the sccond |ce the bascs. turn and withdrew. |ta | Once upon a time McGraw, who was | Record Broken | & a wonder at hitting the dirt, took || charge of the siiding pit in the south- |1 the 16-pound shot put, when Ralph B ern camp. Those days are of cou Princeton giant, broke the iu»] over, Mars: . A, U. championship mark I professor of run and slide, | with a heave of 47 feet, 111 inches | e P |to capture the eve The former | | " Frisch Will Benefit record of 47 feet 7 ’ Frankie Frisch, one of the greatest|made in 1917, by Pat MacDonald, New * ball players the game has ever pro-| York A. ., who finlshed third last duced, is certain to profit through thninlchh Hins' murk_. however was Q', | signing of Marsans, Possibly McGraw 1lnvl|'x less lIm[) his own world's in- B 1ad that thought in mind. door record. Walter Mulsihill, youth- | 4 * 8w (ul Holy Cross runner, stepped into | champion- | Prisch is unquestionably the fastest|the limelight of national man in bascball today, unless 1 deacon of the Chicago White Sox can | Caused u spectacular upset by winning outfoot him. |the 600 yard run from a fleet of six | 0 1 o D 0 0 S A S O . )~ - - - - | dash, which he also won for the see- ;’prr-, {In the Western Conference and bids| In Sheets, a 17 year old high school |of Chicago’s chances to win the ‘West- inches, was | pajl.Lites Win 1'r proved an easy vietim of 1. Berk- ’ owitz's terrific service shots, In the Arch-|#hip honors for the first time and | first match of the Y, M. C, |ball league Dbetween the Head-Lites | the medley relay, one of which was Mulvihill withstood a terrific |40 the Tail-Lit W BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1924. mo“uumm»»mm&m»mnmmc»wumum»mmmwmwmm»o@uuu»uuomn - SPARK PLUGS PLAY GASCO FRIDAY — H. S. TRACK MEN WORKING OUT — PANTHERS HAVE BUSY TIME — HARVARD ¢ DEFEATS DARTMOUTH — JOIE-RAY WINS TWO-MILE RACE — ILLINOIS TRACK TEAM DISQUALIFIED - OTHER NEWS § m'nnvntwm«nvownwvvwwntnvnvmv"wmwnovmnann"onnnmm"nv""wvnomnmvrmwm’tonmmvmwomm’ Chicago Faces Purdgil?uintet In Crucial Game Tonight i - 1 - Y et e e — TOP: SHEETS, BROTTOM: LEFT TO RIGHT, SPRADLING, GILLION, ROBBINS The team that wins the Big Tenjone of the flashfest forwards to be with a chance to bother Purdue in the askethall championship, will have to 'found anywhere, Robbins is a skilled | drive down the streteh, t Purdue. That's the situation at |guard and Cagtain Gullion is an in- | Big Game Tonight nt. Purdue is setting the pace spiring team leader, Chicago, March 6.-—~The University ell to stay in front until the last goal |product, Purduc boasts ohe of the |ern Conference basketball title will be caged, according to the cxper |freaks of the game. Sheets Dhas|in the balance tonight when the Ma- Purdue Is winning because of an ex- |enormougly big hands and can palm |roons engage the Purdue boilermakers llent combination of fine individual [a basketball in either of them simul- |hcre. A victory by Chicago and an- lent and smooth team play. {taneously, just as a baschall player {other over Wisconsin Mareh 15 would In Spradling, Purduc has the lcad- would hold a couple of bascballs, give the Maroons undisputed leader- VOLLEY BALL GANES | LLINOIS TRAGK TEAM TROOP 4 IS WINNER DISQUALIFIED IN MEET .. oy 12 ac e con res With Higgins In New York, But His Team ¥ e Troop 4 defeated Troop 14 at the Wins Just Fhe Same Boys' club last night by a score of New York, March §.~Despite the|15-9. The game was rather slow and A. volley | disqualifications of its two teams in|featured by close guarding, heither team being able to work the ball un- r its basket consistently, Troop 4 The first record to tumble occurred |ing point maker in the Big Ten, and ' Chicago appears to be the only team |ship. W Head-Lites and Spot-Lites Easily Defeat the l)lm-';“"]‘" tatol Slow Game By Score of 15 0 §— mers, | Both Teams Weak, The Head-lite volley ball team o8 last night. In spite |1od to the finish by Joie Ray, the Iili- | ¢ If Frigch has a single weakness it | rivals. |of Tom Crowe's efforts to stir his | yojs Athletic club last night, captured [ Started with a rush and ran up 8§ % 18 in sliding. Often he resorts to the | Challenge in the last quarter lap from e e v dun. |Juke Driscoll, Boston A. A., and then | .fif;‘;‘u;";‘,;';;{ N In.a very Qan | collapsed just ~ater brcaking |h<v.“"“‘ - « Frisch was a fall-away slide, such|l@pe a foot fn front of®his veteran | as Cobb used when at the height of | MVl pot-Liites and the Dimmers, the Dim- | in the t . Sp " v Mulwini)l took the lead at the gun b l‘::l:v“;‘ :iln‘:blll‘:‘l‘uh:“.ri'lvlt‘"ll:*lx‘v"“l‘u‘\l||:|<v)l‘n”|-\~]““"] held it to the finish in. spite of | ™ would find most diiciilt o touch. 4"f“’;:"f No doubt McGraw desires I'risch to | \(_”““ get away from the head-first slide en. | Ray Roberts Kelly, | Dodge and T A. C.; Ray| Watson, both_of the |'© tirely. 1%or so wonderful and valuable |3 . »n, who did not |€Umbed to the Spottys steaming | Higgins, running in the lust leg for . player to slide that way is fool-hard ',”:':"';‘ by R e 1d DO getves at the mot. Mot who hails|the New York A C., who had just|hovering guards. The score: | 4 Marsans is sure to be of great aid riously ”"n ‘I'h,",,,,"”", fln!r:lw d fifth, from Kensington proved the mainstay | ghot into the le by passing Ra; THROOP 4 | to Me W i the baserunning feature = ;um'm'. Tios " |of the Epot-Lites with his service and | anchorman for the first Chicago quar- Iield Foul Total | or pu | Iarold Osborne, of the Jilineis A, |@rives rolled up point after point for |tet, K. Parker, If. Capt. 5 v 10 [¢., world's Indoor record holder and | NS team. | Buker, who was hopclessly out of 4. Siade, rf. ...... 0 1 1 ! Preak Bascrunning detending champion, tied for fiest | Summiry: me b TERAS: sesmad to ohservers to]B, Diiek, « a A 4 Well do I recall u freak bit of base- [place with Dick Landon of the New | TATL-LITES D-LITES |step deliberately in Higgins' path, | Stalk, Ig. . 0 o 0 punning by Marsans that York A. (., Olympie titleholder, in the | 1sBerkowitz .. ++o T, Crowe (hrowing the former Columbin star | Bricson, rg. ...... 0 " 0 (gl C Sk Bis N ] stride, This incident was - . — e gk T ool 8 fe hdling, [out of his strid R One game tn Cubs with &} runaiog high Jemp; at ot Bior 3t Harwity .. vvvves Do Dunn{followed by a spectacular burst of T 1 - {came from bhehind to score a brilllant & specd by Ray, w I;? x:-rlnud ",‘ Inx} TROOP 14 g Detrolt was playing the Almendares | vietory in the 1,000 yard run, dofeat. |J. Leubeck M. P, Denerty ‘:’)','; “‘;“‘:.:":“',""':"'] ’:‘f‘:‘:,";‘l"h'l:"hc;, Fleld Foul Total | > \ o la g a crack field in the opening fea - v 4 i A Jagobl, rf .. 0 ..., 4 0 8 ::n:‘l;“'n'" o enth ,l‘nr:\l;:: nI., 1:“:“1‘:‘::‘ il i A Blderowt ....a.... M. Unkelbach | York A. C. rival, A. Hewitt, rf 0 0 0 L Jeading 3 to 2, two men out and Mar-| After trailing the pace for four laps, 4 . | The New York A. C. protested im- 1y jrewirr, o 0 1 1 b RS 08 & l‘y" | Marst uncorked burst of speed DiNono .. M. l(mwlw‘wvnr-vnmrl_\‘ after the race, concluding Swanson, rg. i 0 0 0 nm,m Summers was pitehing for[that carried him past a teammate, -'t"ltur" of ',"f p{:g:;_:nv‘, I.ml ]n:;vr l; MucLachlan, g .0 o 0 Detroit, Charley O'Lea now ach | Willie Sullivan, in the Jast few strideg [J. Hergstrom n I e ] ;:“:" ‘|) T".(-W,“;“:‘m{ - :ur.':ma :1‘.‘. . — - 0w Tock’ Amerioans 1o win by three yards, Lloyd Hahn, | ik { T s Al v pospond ; ‘ 1 9 QY TR S mEWRON DIIASE e A A #nd th favorite, wilted | Score: Tall-Lites va. liead-Lites “""|m'"“al in sooring caused by the 8- | oree, fradiey; Umbr, Derrick:] S, shom. last lap and finished fifth, be. [bY Tail-Lites 15-4, 15.8, qualifications, however, the 21 points | o™ (e | Leary kept Kidding Marsans, who |10 the " i Nime allng passed in the last 50 vards by | ::L;?,‘:;',l,’;,':; ,,,\T"J,‘h],',::,\"m",‘,,;l,”",‘,‘, Abel Kiviat, veteran who showed an 1 n SRBet 1680 he was taking. old time flash of form, and Ray Bu- Summers suddenly developed a witd ker, Tlinois A, ( | streak on the batter, On every ball ! pitched O'Leary walked in to steady Bim. On onc of these trips he got the * ball and hid it SR { PANTHERS ARE BUSY M St Marsans is Tricked After Losing to W S, seconds. They | M : Walking buck to short he informed | 0l ¢ and Mon- |y, Marsans if he was as fast as Cobb, e 3 would take o bigger fead by 10 fect, ) gay They Take On Celties, and made a mark where Cobl usually Tontght {he Panthers face another |1 stood on such a pl when they travel to Hart Marsans immediately procecded to crucial te : e h 5 e I e — ~ - 1!1';1:-’ul|-\‘y".‘ touch }“nl‘ll' with v‘\-v ball, | A. C., in a preliminary to the Diies SHEE YaT and 1 declared bim out ending the | West Side embroglio at the Hopkins - —ae | Toow 7 -+ L sum ‘ e T ertoun ontent, wa o | ary GAmbdry's Pets W Gt An- | JUs Hisn . Marsans, v-m‘/\ excited that he L.M ey gt gl Capital city Other Wallop at Jim Lynch "om—f MoRrnN* en tricked, dashed mad hack e Tata fuls Friday Night, . gecond, sliding into the bag 1ls are out for revenge I'his game | PU 1IN Five minutes later when we left the Meand quite a good deal to the Pan- | ymmediately after the Younger | E” park he was still on second surround. | thers, The locals will use their regular | Business Men's class FFrigay evening | B ¢d by a crowd of Cuban fans explaine !ineup while it is rumorcd that (e 4t 6:15 this week the Gascos will | # tng how it happened Broad A. C. s strengthening th@lr yigy (he Spark-Plogs in a return incap o do what ne Hartford team |gume in the “Y* gym . 5 has done this Ar, and that is 10| Their first contest resulted in a vie- | . THE SIX DAY RACH beut them tory for the Gascos but the Sparkies, New York, March 6.—Five tcams the game scheduled between the |61 contented with one mateh to de- hed in the Jead « Panthers and the Celties for the elty |cide which team should be considered e rac t Madise e w catled oft, and superior, challenged the wwr! 1o a 8 o'c y. the ht itain High school seconds treturn game to be played® on the feth hour of th 'Y ditnted h in Y7 gym floor. The Gascos immedi- filcs, scven la been v 1 e the 1 i ately accepted and the mateh is on k! . Grend ) I brok o1 thers first The mateh promises to be fast yith the champion Gou . “t- | drea 18 games, and sgain Tues- | gne, no admission will be charged agd sting the pac Grenda "t day nig " they halted a win- Lall shooters who enjoy the sport will hpid the record for the cightieth hour | iy ek that hed already reached miss a treat if they fail to ta 1his § it s, made In 1914 mateh i ] —_—————— Monday nuight the postponcd | spark Plugs Ghuom game bt Panther 1 Cot- L wattin - Dudack it so bad, they wiil have to pack | Nelsor Waojack : i p their bags and feave town for a center = SAY BES Toos OF ALL PeEoPLE - i OVERHAULED e et Ao ot s e g B o o EV' SAW - WHO CARES ABOUT b —NOW— Mond t the Celties %l be an | Swanson Neste! i HI1S TeEeTH- 7 Don't Walt 1l Spring unknown and unrecognized team left guard | CADILIACS A SPECIALTY R Wrecking Service—Day and Nigme Harvard’s Basketball Team Beats Dartmouth ., 48 1o 16, Ehowing unexpected k Harve throngite ! Cam Mass., March 6.—Har- | p) 3 3 rd 1 all team outplayed Dart- | afternoon, when it defeated Ridge- outh Iast night, der ting the Greer Vor Sale by " J. B. Moran Garage . out o Dartmonth, underostimatd the |ir v- | 15 and Sailer (h Associated with A, G. Hawker | - : ¢ ‘incent | Selentific principals of the game. The | hotly contested title meets in A, A, U, gy i “”IT:,"H,'"‘ %" | 8pot.Lites' glare proved too much for history, was caused by the interfers e s |them for after many vallant cfforts | ence of Ray Buker, anchorman on . Loomis ............. McCutcheon | Me and Mine A owtplayed its ' 138th consceutive victory for Passaic balf tim 1n | Passate wil scorcd nincteen | game of the etate championship olim.- am on to a win the Tall-Lite com- (the Nufional Senior A. A, U. indoor [points before Troop 14 could score, | nution team work proved 100 great|track and field championships for the |and at the half the tally was 10-4, In handeap to overcome, | second successive year, the second period the scoring alter- In the sccond match between the| The disbarment of the titlcholders [nated and the defensive work of both m event, which came as a[teams kept the score down., Parker starred for the winners, dropping in five double-deckers, two from the een- ter of the floor. Stalk and Ericson showed great defense work, For stave off defeat they. finally suc- |the second I, A, C. team, with Walter| Troop 14, Jacobi featured, getting four counters in spite of the close er8 proved very dim regarding the | sensational climax to one of the most DIMMERS [piled up by tri-color wearcrs in other H. Hornkoh! | events proved enough to nose out the {New York and Newark Athletic clubs, ++ A, Seott |[both of which tallicd 20 points, BPOT-LITES, Dressel VILLA - TAYLOR TONIGHT Milwaukee, Wis, Mareh 6.—Pancho Dr. ”"M' 2 Villa, world champion fiyweight, and Aok, Canada imported goods. worth [Bud Taylor, Terre Haute, Ind., ban. $600,000,000 from: the United Statos [tamweight, will meet here tonight in in the year ending in October 1923, |a 10-round no-decision boxing match — — ancy iddlemass | erling ...00 oo o KL Erieson ", ott . Campbell S Spot-Lites defeated Dimmers | 0 Coppvight, 1924, . ¥ Tribune tus 1 forvard minick .. MeCormick right forward TA' Loox ‘AT Toos, DENSH To RUW . March 6.-—<The Pas- ie high schoo] basketball team com cted Hts regular schedile yesterd high school on the lafter's court to 21. The game marked the The Pheeale team led in the seor- g through the cntire game, Pash- an was the high scorer and star of th 14 points to his credit mect « in the firet ¢ game, ion sHies on the Stovens Tnsti te conrt Saturday aitcrmoon ZISH IS SHUM BRIZH 'ORK = MY DeNISH GREA' SHUFF ALL Done OH Wiy Do | MAVE SHELLHSHHLH8 55088899 haad TIPPPIEP \ALL NEW BRITAIN IS READY FOR " DIXIE, KACEY, MIDDLETOWN SERIES AT THEMSCH[][]L School vs. All-N, B. Does { Not Meet With Favor— Coch Depot Divded CAndidelss| New Center for Local Into Varions Squads | Team. The track scason at the New Brit-| Although there scems to be noth- c SN : _|irg doing as far as a serics between 0 BIEh Aeheol fias opaned. A pIgo: | ol s rels il the At e esh | tice session was:held at the school «Haven are concerned, not so with il » symnastum last Tuehday and anether| Lixies, Hartrord Kaceys or Middle- | Will be held on ¥riday afternoon. The | town !&:lum{“ These Dxmlflw' all fast e e : o ate. | ones and with wins and loses to their { TEtlL X0 dnte Steiniay immadigte. S LONSEE MEGL RN A2 T air, {1y. |are all set to have it out to a finish. Coach Depdt.will try a new system ' Phe Dixics, who have won two and {of coaching at the school. ~ He Will|jcst two in clashes with New Britain, | divide all the new candidates into|Layve agreed to come to this city on | tquads, and will put a veteran in‘_\aarch 22 for the fifth and deciding | charge of each squad. These boys Will | game in their scries, On March 15, be drilled on the fundamental prin-|ihe Hartford , with the mighty | cipals of track by the older boys be- | Malcolm in their lineup, will return | fore the coach will take charge of the | here for the third and deciding gamo more promising candidates. Some of | of their scries, and on Friday cvening, {the veterans who will take charge of | March 14, the New Dritain team gocs squads are Quigley, Clark, Phalon,|to Middistown for the third and de- |Lacava, Finklestein, Sghenck and|ciding games of that series. Lell. These are the princlpal veter-| This Saturday cvening the ar- uns left from ‘last year. mory the Meriden Insileo five wil} I"'rom present indications the &quad | come diere with a crowd of reoters. is better fixed in field events than in|In an carller game the Meriden out- the dashes.gnd long runs. In the high | fit defcated New Britain, and on the jump there are Bell, Clark, Taylor, strength of this secks to claim any tootball star who averages about five | honors that New Britain may s feet five, Conlon, Schenck, Waters and They ask for another game “to elnch { Walker, 1In the broad jump Bell!their claim” and the local manage- | Seems to be the only ggod man avall-| ment agreed “to kill .their claim.” jable. Bell is also one of the leading| Meriden will bring up its regular shot piltters, Walker, Glerochowski! team, Cook, last year's Meriden high and McCue are also out for positions.| school captain, will be at forward | In the 100 yard dash Phalon, ¥inkle- | with Gallagher. Robinson will be at ‘mloln. Smith, McKeon and Laeava are|center and A. and 1% Warner will hold the leading candidates. The. candi-| down the guard position dates for the 220 are Skelley, Lacay; Preliminary Ga McCue and Fitzsimmons. Acting Cap- There will be a preliminary game |tain Quigley is about the only candj-|at 8 o'clock when the Bagles i | date for the 440 yard run, Rangers will clash, The Rangers (cam A new plan may be in vogue at the|is not to be sneczed at and although school for the first time In its history, | the Eagles arc going like a «house Athletes at the school will get the op- afire, they are liable to run up portunity to try out for both track | against the stiffest kind of oppositibn and baschall, The track meets will| when they tackle the cast end boys. be in the morning and the baseball . Talk of H, S, Serics, games will be in the afternoon, The Although. the New Britain man- Loys will be obliged to give only one agement has not been approached on afternoon and evening a week 10| the matter, there has been plenty of track, The rest of the time will belidle chatter around the city relative given to baseball. This will strength:|to the possibility of a city series bhe- | en both teams materially since there|tween the All New Britain and the are several good‘ track prospects on high school team, the money to go to rs01, * COLUMBIA AND RAN MONIER BROS. 38-12 MA T the baseball team, and several good|some benefit. It is to be hoped that | baseball. Among the veterans on the |1t is hard to' see where the high baseball team who would be useful school boys can in any way measur to track are Henry Zehrer, half mile; {up to the All New Britain five, and | Henry Taylor, Haber and Neipp, Who | Red .and Gold players, Undoubtedly {could be used in the high jump, \they are a fast, clever bunch - | youngsters; but to pit a new team of TUESDAY NIGHT LEAGUE an older, experienced team of profes. | slonal play?™rs would hardly be rair, Also, the amateur standing might alzo 20 Men Sign Up At Y, | game is concerncd it would not be ad- Play Indoor Bascball Once |-;|qr”‘\luahlr, in the opinion of many. | Imagine big burly “Chier” 1.4 Week, . g Twenty men huve airuady signed up TSN down the floor and colliig for the Tuesday night Indoor Bascball | rlionced opponcnt. The Ol league which will start next Tuesday | » A ' The following men will be placed on | mughnes:. but ulmv. w nj'xl:l ln‘”flm of s [fect on the fans. The “Chic would the various teams: J, Jackman, W. gct a “razzing” to which he would Yankaska, D, Bacon, J. T, McCarthy, | i sind 45 J. Nordgren, A: Floden, J. Tutties, M, | (Continued on Following Page) D. Johnstone, O. Peterson; Norman J, | e ———— Paimer, D, Norton, D. Ingraham, D, son and R. Walthers, | Oscar Peterson, Norman Begley, M, D. Johnstone and Oscar Sahrbacher |ous team. Two six inning games wil) {be run off cach Tuesday cvening dur. | track men who might be useful inl this is all that will come of it-—talk, John Grip, dashes; Harold Boagle, | this in no way casts discredit. on the | youngsters, still in their "teens, against f. C. A, To| b questioned. But as tar as th: | ¥laying hard, professional basketball, night at & p. m. at the Y, M. €, A, wouM be guiltless of any intended A. Schielcher, J. Bodley, R. Bodycoat, | Kennedy, Oscar Sahrbacher, Gustaf- [ bave been selected to captain the vari. ing the month of March, ZHERE 'S SHWELL JoB - GoT BesH DENISH IN WORL'| IF HE Cap'T Fid 1 ANYTHING ELSE T BRAG ABOUT HE'LL TALK ABOUT HIS- ' DENTIST- - =S TEETH, TRESOME STure A '5‘ > NTe Him-