New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 1, 1924, Page 8

Tussbal, Aliuu 4y LU 28888849 252552855855 9L555255895228885580098 8 MA&N.AA“&“M“ $LLLHILLHHLH 5L 588502885 ISLLBLLRL30088558:8 5088 i STRIBLING UNABLE TO KNOCK OYT McTIGUE, THOUGH HE WINS EVERY ROUND—CELTICS TAKE GAME IN MERIDEN— i MANOLEUM ALL READY TO TAKE ON FERGUSON THURSDAY — HIGH SCHOOL STARTS IN, WITH DIAMOND PRACTICE § mn"m BERNIE WEFERS JR. CHIP OF OLD BLOCK Son of Former Sprinting King Trying to Out-Run Dad (By Billy Evans) Ycars ago Bernie Wefers was the sprint sensation of the country. Today Bernie Wefers, Jr., sceks to emulate the deeds of his dad. Blood will tell seems to be borne out in the Wefers case. The speed strain of the had is in the son. Bernie, Jr. promises to become as great a figure in track athletics—unless, The Olympic committee should sud- denly decide that BernieWefers Jr. i no longer an amateur. #0550 vmnvvwwfi'mv"flw"cmwv"'cu«'nvnmnvmcmvmvvccflnmmntvwncmn«mwnvvunmm VEITee A CAMERA CLOCK WILL ELIMINATE DISPUTES AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES YOUNG STRIBLING DEFEATS CHANCES OF HIGH ON| McTIGUE IN EASY FASHION DIAOND ARE GOOD Hai Bah of th 12:CELTICS WIN GAME %Red and Gold Candidates Hold Rounds But Fails to Land FROM MERIDEN BOYS lndop_r qukonl Kayo—Loser Offering No| X i e The first practice of the scason for | Defeat Avvows of Silver City 26 10 18§ ' gl " 2 i Al.hiq | t 5, H. 8. basebull team was held 10iS, ! Senfor high school terday on. T'wenty-five cane tes re- P SRS Manager Say Afier Overcoming Long Lead. E —~William e © defeated tpe | The efiances of-a suceesstul season 3 delea 0 lare vacecdingly bright. Coach Cas- BN @ TS will have at his disposal & syuad or Mlke Me ey appnads ’ I lof six lettermen and several substi- ywel Serp i L, ; [tutes from last M oas a champion, but his youthtul cag “'” S “ umber of good recrults. \u are g cost him a golden chance to lift the, (& o F D ad '“F tha g out for the team for the first time. coveted crown with te [_' s Aenaa i ‘l 0o 4 ns consists of “Hal” Beagle, 0 ; : % irest Nelpp, Joseph the First Regiment armory legitung of the (wooond; querttr Kania and Hénry Taylor. *Johnnie” -y lills dropped two. roal doutde deck “t...p will be out of the game with an atrapping Georgla youngsi« oy P = Iy outpoint his veteran riy jualen suriacdn: Boing AMCE | iured foot sustained insfootball, but start to finish and have the A i : s unlikely that he will stay away pion on the verge a k 1 in " ' the game, He is an excellent the tenth round but McTigue wi and may be used as a pinch- ered aind snatehed " in some of the games, if he the tit! Politis | WA118 to come out for the team. within his ‘h“p_ It is expected that Nelpp will again soy no0-d wiqe | Rold down the catching position, and cannot chan e |that Beagle will eavort around first : whici lowed by : or knockout b ) ¢ 5 B by Finklestels, Zeldon, | A% Kanla who held down second on his fe end of th Y i push up shot twist. {135t ¥ear will have “lot:a™ opposition and final r his crown, s ,”““] i I‘_“ {frem the several candidates out for! position, Among the eandidates ROOTING FOR MANOLEUN THE BIG LEAGUES HAVE TO OFFER i ol 2”3 Wins Every Tound, tiird o Stribiing, fighting the GIANTS HOPE TO 'YANKS BEST BET Weters was invited to make ' the LEAD NATIONALS| IN THE AMERICAN |*""*™ Qs Juiy and accepled + rough and | %% Who held down a similar posi- tonal anid determncd ba Kania ptit {n two'nioe | 108 With the Btrongheart team of orie carecr, won e\ Dince put in o long shot, | 18 ':" ""‘ summer, and Clair, for- rounds, in th i { - (The Arcows scored the rest of their " b asy wm{;\‘ps:;m‘;i\ r;d‘lml:; hcovered hn McGraw, New York Giants— Miller Hugging, New York Yankees A few weeks at Sarasota, Fla., con- ng excepted, my club is the | —Granting some of my veterans are | Vinced McGraw, also Wefers, that in the Nat he didn’t have a chance to make the y of ¥ i s P A short stop must . take the place left vacant by the in- strong nal league, If| my youngsters mmn':hrougu forfme | slipping & Dit, the team is still good big aliow and he drew a ticket back vrnough 1o win its fourth consecutive | 1o New York. Nowark, (Young) April - MR 4 N Tigue, ) shot his tr This amateur status is so uncertain one cah never tell what is going to happen, r decisive- . .o Bernie Wegers Jr,, aside from his ability to step the 100 in better than 10 seconds, and other distances in rec- ord time, is a bit of a ball player. Major league managers believe that baserunning is due for a‘revival this year, As a result all of them are try- ing to speed up their team. Players fieet pf foot arc welcomed additions. Wefers, who lives in New York, thought he had a chance to make good in the big show. This opinion | through kind friends was wafted to Manager McGraw of the New York Gianta. hald registers the time and snaps the photo. The picture shows the clock, a close finish in a horse race, and how accurate the thming apparatus works the camecra to catch the finish, cond and at the same instant photograph of the finish to A camera speed ciock that willjef & tend to eliminate any chance for dis- |take! pute in the Olympic games has been [climinate any question as to the win- invented by Maurice Branger. It reg-[uer. A thin string stretched across isters the time to a hundredth part |the fini.lh line breaks when touched, 'HERE'S WHAT RIVAL MANAGERS OF rom the though at | most wensa Good Delegation m Here Going to starred for the Sec Him Pight in Meriden Thursday Night A fight that should attract a numbe . Fink mission [4- Kanin, nd in |1 Politis, ¢ hewd e, 1 ,‘\ 1. into a1 whiriy 1 ninth re p rights to the followed u which two sha jarred the champion to his heels and had him visibiy g close of the ninth saghed with his rigit pattilng at c'c qu fiugh on MeTigy eran rojled partialiy i to one knee, before the wnd ru into a SWHNE ith his right and cham- | No players, even the veterans stars, receive any pay for spring training work, Consequently there is no chance to make a “pro” case against Wefers on the money angle. 1t will also probably be shown that he merely made the southern jaunt at his own expense, i order to bring his talents to the attention of Man- ager McGraw. e Gourson r g . 1t landed | and th through the 's chin vot- | ring, Politis and Kania ) r male woge and Cook starced |49y 10 Grip. , The leading candidate world titly laurels, but hisifor the loscrs. Schmuck kept the | O the position is “Howle™ Belser, at the erncial moment | hoy % In 2 bot pece, { Nashy performer with the basketball e to gain that goal. | CBLTICS, [team, It hie shows half as much abil- i < ¢ he Giants should again wim a fourth < 10th 1 . {ity on the nine as he did on the bas- | of New Britain fight fans is scheduled consecutivé National pennant. pennant, My club is certain to get A Y L P ; | Wetbull team e swill be a star, Others | to tak ce at the town hall in Mer-| g0 T os Y Cinetnnatl Reds— |good pitching daily. Wetera is figured as one of the best W e ¥ il ';nm for the poeition are Convlin, Pink 5 n{glu \\:hfln “Wop™ !y Tie my intention to run the Reds| ' , Detroit Tygers—Pitching | hopes of the United States in the [ erten and John Phal Those try- | Manoleum and Tracy erguson, the uione tho policy outlined by the late |is my chicf worry in the coming race, | Olympic dash events. Has his tryout 2 {ing out for the diz ck are Glana, | Northford farmer will elash in the! poe"sroman™ 1 have a great club and [1f my staff comes through as it|with the Giants aifected his amateur 10 played on the football team last i star bout of t!w evening, one of 12 ..., player will try to win for n\n,shouhl the Tygers will bother the | standing? Hinehlifte and Budnick | rounds. This will not be the first time | 00 NERS, |Yanks more than last year, The Outficdd Prospects Good these two have met a recent boug be- Bill MeKeehnie, Pittshurgh Pirates | Tygers will make trouble, There are several good prospects | tween the twe having taken place in| _y potieve that my ciub has been| Tris Speaker, Cleveland Indians—I for the outfield including the veteran | Pittsfield fe which fight Manoleum | strehgthened enough in several de.|am not predicting any pennants, but or, who led the team in fielding | hit Ferguson with everything but the partments of play to enable it to press | ¢/ one {hing 1 am certain, T have a yeur and who stood up high | bucket and sent the Northford farmer {0 Now York -Glants to the limit to |stronger team this year than last. ¢ |among the hitters, Those going out | to the mat, ail but putting him down again win | Burns wili give my club an added rhi o | tor the garden pateh are Taylor, Linn, | for the gount. The bout Thursday gy Killefer, Chicago Cibs—My ¢lub | U"" h. ' \hl\-m- Gierochowski, Gorm night will end in a different manner’ g0u1d be at least 2 per cont strong- | SStaniey Harris, Washington—I have rthy, Scheetman, Senlly, Moran and ’nwordmg to Verguron's while the o, t)is year as a result of the mpnr.‘my mind set on Janding my club in ! Wop™ is confident that he will #end jopco gained by my young stars in the [the first dgivision. A club able to stick | Fergusin to the mat for the fatal| We're jaround the first division alw has a darcthd Six Pitchers pion blows aim ground chanini wit hung ou, blocked most of the . ) oat his head und backed he tried t ste sensing that Bin reach p A1y 1 ak throwzh \14 |\ ‘h'n ense yaved m g panishment wntil] two closing rounds, | the attack in an ef-§ to fin tittes o having tastod out ¢ DOZEN NEN ENTERED N | STATE BOWLING TOURNEY [ T1e only lost one game, { " 18 another good man, i Fisher of Hartford Meets Yaldie | ere Tomorrow Fayening, Bud Fisher of Hartford and Yadie The squad is fixed unusually well in vitchers, There are |und four righthanders out for the l‘ m. The leading pitcher is the vet. . who pltched the team last victories r all their riva “Jackie” Co one game last year Aagainst Manehester and won it, Kanja, who pitehed the Trade sehool to mw ! count of ten, two lefthanders | intentions it should Le.some go. “Shelk” | Sulivan, This bout reed no predictions | as when the Sheik enters the ring he makes it fight from bell to bell, He pitched }nn'am opener will consist of a bout South I between two local boys, Young Stanley Rogers taking on ny vics | Rogers has been going good of late If both live up to their The semi-final looks good with Leonard taking on Johnnie The Max Marvaniek, tortes is oligible to piteh this year. | and this bout is expected to prove a He s u brother of Joscph k‘luln the econd Haber real battle, The Jocal interest in Manolenm cen- gruelling race of last season. in the running. Rranch Rickey, St, Louis Cardinals ~=This time last year I counted my- self out of the 1923 yvace, T am count- fng myself in on the 1924 event, My team will have profited greatly by ex-| perience, Wilbur Robinson, Brooklyn Dodgers ~My club is not going to win the Na. tiona! league pennant. It is simp, going to make every effort to consid- {erably better its ghowing of last sea- son, Dave Bancroft, Boston Braves This | | chance to finish at the top. Frank Chan son. 1 | the first division, George Sisler, 8t. Louis Browns— 'hie managing. job is all new to me and I prefer to let the showing of my 1 hope to be Browns cinb speak for itself. [able to play and help the make a good showing. Connie Mack, , Chicago White Sox ~I am positive the White Sox will Imuke a better showing than last sea- can see no reason why my club should fail to finish well up in . Philadelphia Athle. It doesn't seem likely that a ease can be made against Wefers, How- ever, it is practically certain that some of the foreign nations will not look on the situation in & favorable light. .. 1t will be difficult for them to con- done the fact that Wefers had a pro- fessional tryout, and failing in same, returns to the Awateur ranks in track. managing stuff is all new to me, ey« | ties—T am shooting at second place. nant thoughts are farthest from my New York should again win, If my g ol mind, Weeping out of last place is|minor league stars come through for i "."m"“:"fi:v";\m["“-“'l‘.“l""::::"_m": £oing to be my greatost ambition for me my ball elub will be in the run. for bouts and haa proved popular with the coming season. ning from start to finish, - the sporting element of the city, Art Fletehen Philadciphia Na- Lee Tohl, Boston Red Sox--I have ) tonale—-Winning a pennant is mere only one prediction to make; the Red 22 o i piffie as far o ¥ club is concerned. ®ox will not finish in last place, T 1t is a long way from the champion- am inclined to think my club is going fhip stuff, but a mueh better clubto be the dark horse of the American than last year, [1eague race this year, ; . Stae Center Vlected Captain of Yive - - ot— wdoy nig | mo 1 Flogier are righthanders v « ol ) ” e : o for Nest Season, HAGEN l-()l\(- thian his nearest competitor, Jock R BT Hutchison, Hagen displayed len- Ithaca, N, Y., April 1.-=M. 1, Dake, Makes rilliant Low Scor i % n»‘ Pr ‘ 'l'h 1 noplmmnrc, b been :hth ‘l cap- and South Tourn di orm, while many o he others 2 . made comparatively poor showings, nounced yestorday. Dake played cen- I ter on ”,.. freghman Leam of last year, ' Dion, “rench open champion, 149, and Gene round of th Sarazen 149, Passed Up "hich position he has played all this ! vear in the Iastern Interscholastic | tournament here holding the low ! Low scores for the | lcague champion combination, e score in a brilllant field of profes- Jim Barnes, 141; Tom Boyd, 142; took part in every game of the gea- Sional and amateur golfers after his!Johnny Farrell, 143; MacDonald 1won. His home i3 at Mechaniesy Smith, 143; Cyril Walker, 144; Joe , Kirkwood, 144; Alex Ross, 144; and l‘lvrl \Il od. Hu s artillery, blocked the Georglan's rushes completely on the e city, we known | pitehed Plrates of the ecity | red 1h the state tn- | 1eague last summer, He is now ellgl- | tourney, will clash | bie to play, Kaimon pitehed for many | tomorrow night in | of the amateur teams about the rlu] locul mateh, Bach of the 12 |last summer, and shonid come anen Ltorney 18 to roll nine | through this year, He will probably | gaineg gamed 0 count and not totai (e wsed ae a relief hueler, 1ingler | pinfally I'rizes for the winners ! played on the squad last year, and| should have enough experience 1o de- | Thompson bowls Young jver this year. Gray and Haber are | ‘ Commercial alleys | southpaws, while Kanin, Conlin, Sal-| Anderson of this bowllng stars, cnte dividual bowling ters around the fact that he is a range, native son, having been born and and stayed fensive HAVE YOUR CAR OVERHAULED —=NOW— Dh! Wait till Spring CADILLACS A SPECIALTY Wrecking Servico—Day and Night NASH GARS Vor Sale by J. B. Moran Garage Associated with A, G. Hawker 313 1-2 Church St Tel. 2842.2. BRIGGS in th DAKE TO LEAD CORNELL. southern youth convine et 1 his riority 1 SIRONG. gia, last O« he @lso now Keer in North | doseph Rritatn; tieys, | Irrson, Roge New Diritaing sino alleys, New Thomy Commepo me tm demonstrat t he lacks leaat, a pui him in the Sirib' tinct u tablished vorite in April 1L—Wator . north and south open.cham- teed off today in the second | annual champlonship ‘\‘mmm‘ Brave's Pitcher, day ineluded A1 Chance 1ast Year in Vavor of fonght Bowlodrome ; Vhite or Young ::...‘I.qn' ) dasiast 2 . 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[ Washingt Apri' 1L—Georgetown ric ausplciously yeister- “Her Dattmowth 3 any ting Bowdoin in a ones the G 1 “st by the score of 26 to 1. faciie : s scored fi e swdoin failed to display any signs ringAde wit o . n. ing Du rom the mound. Og'e. of practice | Ref e Lewis saved M t 2 run, when Georgetown scored in evedy inning a knocke s parating hed ball and but one, counting ten times in the I that v fourth and cight in the sixth, Jen- crien comr kine was in rare form and gave away Gam 1 Fiji I#lands to i seventh. Albert was | t 1 A% a unit | (Conuusst ea Folowing Page)