New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 2, 1925, Page 18

Rockne's Men Outplay and Qutwit the Westerners— Leyden Plays Remark- able Game, Running 65 and 70 Yards for Two Touchdowns. By The lated Press. Pasadena, Ca Jan, Notre Dame's “fou orsemen” rode ruth- lessly over Stanford university’s bulk- fer eleven yesterd and a to 10 victory & added weight to the South E Ind., team's clalm ot rational foothall honors. Fast out-witted West. Notre Dame was alwa where Stanford should have been, but was not mathe- r's men gained 184 yards from scrimmage; Knute Rockne's swift South Benders gained 184, The Cardinals registered 17 first downs, Notre 7. Stanford com- pleted 12 of 17 attempted forward passes; Notre Dame 8 of 7. Notre Dame netted only 48 yards with for- ward passes; Stanford galned 146, Rockne's men were penalized four times for & total of 30 yards, while ‘Warner's suffered but a single 15 yard penalty. Stanford’s Error, But ons mistake may wrétk a ton of statistics, and there were several Stanford mistakes. Notre Dame took advantage of ell of them. The east- erners opened modestly, starting with second string men. Stanford shoved that agzregation steadily estern until Rockne whistled for his “Horsemen.” They tro'lf‘i the fleld with their firet strin companions, but the first period ncnod a place kick for Stan In the sccond period Notre Dame mcored by bucking the ball over. Yayden carried it, and it was Notre Darge's only touchdown due to driv- ing ability. Crowley failed to convert. Yards Tt) L After hat Stanford's opened the door of opportur den intercepted a Stanford pass and sprinted ity yards to a touch- down. In the third period Solomon, gtanford quarterback, fumt a punt on his own 20 yard line. Hunt- ked up the pigskin and ran lown t time mistakes sov riod Stanford scored when Walker passed the line Shipkey cked to Notr to it. He loped 65 final touchdown. Never's H\>' 1€ star of the spectacula individua Dame side. All-American by a twisted an uhlireher, was hand West Equals Things te ta resting National ed in fifty (50) o b on b times, most men R L1 Ie s Rt SIS IISRIIIANEILLY NOTRE DAME CRASHES ON TO 27-10 WIN OVER STANFORD HELLY SOCKED IN THE MOST RUNS But Hornsby Got Greatest| bases on s-hat isby, Louis, lead: \‘ux" ré with a p itage of d the most total bases, ived the most ba on Kelly, Now York, drove in | the most runs, 136, | Bernard Friberg, Chicago, was out | the most times, 27, Henry York, was hit by a| atealing Groh, New pitched ball the most times, 11. John MecInnis, games, struck out onl least number of any regular p Grantham out most often, 6 James Bottor shad a new batted-in record game on September 16, batter in 12 runs against Brooklyn. Among the clubs, in slugging with a pereentage of .432, | George Brooklyn - . Chicago Number of ing are m Le ! ti ma made the most total 2350, and batter in 781 C cago received the most bases| s, 469,struck out 521, and was out stealing the times, adelphia had hit by a pitched ball, 3 Club Records on Total Bascs, 149, sluggir rds and other in-| ane Boston, for a Bases the officlal total g percentages record of | who par- more games | ous yers 146 the r. Chicago, st ruck ne, in six times, Louls, es-1 or league run- nine-inning | when he} New York leads basca o hlts, | the most runs, | the most the r 208 | SOUTH CHURGH BY Bl MARGIN Takes Eagles Into Camp lo‘ Tune of 27-10 th a rush (By Billy kvans) One of the greatest right-handed hitters in the game, yet unable to| win a regular job. That is the status of Riggs Stephenson of the Cleveland Tndians, { who wields as m as there | is in the Amerl Stephenson came direct to the Cleveland club from the University | of Alahama ent that he Without experience It we was a natural batt 1y previous profes: he took to major 1 probably been his gr at once appar- | er. sional | cague Tegu- as & steps | s no | club. Games Won and Tost at Home and | pliching Just a8 it facing the Abroad, 1924, ‘ lar assor(ient o college stufl At Home | The South Chureh ran its winning | Stephensou made his debut Club Won Lost el Yo T e s ba on !N ew Y dnt's [bid GLRSUIAL B e el o cling i trea ames on 1 around at that position, but h h o e by runnming away from the more firmly entrenched as a regular | 46 Lagles, 27 to 10. The winners out- |than the day he joined the % 46 i their oppon- P'ossibly not as much. J 4! Arm Injury Handicaps it d were never in| An arm injury as a youngster has atest handicap ran up 8 points before the [asan infielder. His arm isn't weak les could score, Wricson finally but his style of getting the ball W“ breaking t1 to sink a follow- away 1s not just suited to a second " lup shot, wh wrd followed with | sacker, 3971 one from well back in the court.| In : hile, however, Ad Parker | Steplienson must wind up before cut- and Cooley were sliding shots in in ting loose with the ¥ In other quick succession, and the score at |words he must go overhead to throw AT was 14 to 4 with speed and accuracy. The Eagles showed signs of life| It's the second, or fractional 2 in the third quartes epard, | part ¢ econd, lost in making the 305 Ay featured rs, mad arm motio; t has held lon BAme WS|three long shots in rapid fire order, | the ama collegian back as an jay | DUt then the South Church defense ~77 | tightened and the losers were unable 3 have computed that morc to ore further. e shot of | V° the game was a onc-handed throw |“0™MP arker from corner of the ¥ executec NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1925, ONE OF GAME'S BEST BATTERS ONLY SUB UNIQUE CAREER OF RIGGS STEPHENSON COACHES PICK BEST BACKS or e New York, Jan, 2 All-America team, There was a wide difference ofopinion everywhere except in Here the vote of practically the backfield. the coaches unanimous. Bekersall at quarter, and Thorpe at the halves and die Mahan at fultbock., The three were top-1 was 1 Eckersall hard for the job at || quarterback. “Dop” Warner got the most vote for All-America coach. ALL TIME Recently 20 coaches, many of whom have been at the game for a score of vears either as player or coach, were asked to name an all-time | Grange last vy favorites, although “Bo” McMillan pressed Outplay. Easterners 8v The Awmoclated Press. Berkeley, Calif,, Jan, 2,—The Unl- versity of California football team, undefeated flve consecutive years, gained additional honors yesterday when it defeatod the Unlversity of Pennaylvania eleven, rated as one of the best on the Atlantic coast, by a score of 14 to 0, More than 80,000 persons saw the Californians out- class, outrrun and out-kick the Pennsylvanians. The first touchdown was scored within seven minutes after the game started, The Quaker players inter- fered with Imlay, on a fair catch on the Pennsylvania forty yard line, No one touched the ball, so Dixon pick- ed it up and ran 2§ yards to Penn's 14 yard line, where he was forced out of bounds. Three line plunges by down and Carlson kicked the goal. The second and third periods were scoreless, with Penn displaying its greateat strength in the third. The Californians were able to withstand Penn's famous passing at- tack in the fourth period when they broke it up and left the Quakers] wondering. king the ball on downs after breaking upe several Penn overhead attacks on the Cali- fornia 45 yard line, the western team swung into an offensive once more. The Californians on four bucks through the center of the Quaker life carried the ball to a touchdown. The last plunge of ten yards was made right through McGinley, the famous, All-American tackle of the Quakers. Carlson’s goal kick for California added the fourteenth and final point of the game. Captain Dake Hopes to Retain Basketball Honors For Cornell o puriance of the diamond Joe Moore Retains His Speed Skating Honors — Joe Moore of New York retains his ti- tle as middle Atlantic speed skating Newburg, N. Y, Jan. 2. chiampion, by virtue of his victories cre yesterday in the championship | 220 and §20 yard eve place in the 440-yard race. Miss |1isie Muller of New York, won the |waman's ehamplopship. (harles Gorman of St John, |contested Moore throughout the da hut the New York man clinched the 1. ph al. and second John Young shoved over the touchs| s RED REYNOLDS WINS FOR NATS BY SHOOTING TWO FOULS NOTRE DAME EARNS RIGHT TO NATIONAL GRID CHAMPIONSHIP - WEST EVENS THINGS WITH EAST WHEN PENN. LOSES TO CALIF. — KAPLAN AND KRAMER IN BATTLE ROYAL TONIGHT — BRIEFS GA[IF(]RNIA WINS PRIDE OF CONNECTICUT IS { FROM U.OF PENN.| SEEKING CROWN TONIGHT 1410 0 Is Score and Westerners CLOSE SQUEAK FOR NATIONAL GUARDS Foul Shooting Decides Tough Contest With. West Sides The National Guards had their closest call of the season last night when they barely nosed out the West Sides of Hartford, 28 to 27, in a great battle in the Hopkins street gym in that city, Keen eyes from the foul llne declded the contest when the West Side defense became impenetreble, the Guards making | good on 12 tries from the free-throw mark, while the Hartford players | missed again and again, sinking only The locals started as though they | would make as short work of their opponents as they have in previous games this year, Carl Restella grab- bed a pass and started the scoring, and the Guards continued to pile up | & lead until finally Sturm got away and made the West Sides first points, Mert Taylor then gave a pretty exhi- bition by dribbling through the en-- tire opposing team and scoring on a bagkhand toss. The West Sdes, who were playing together for the first time in two weeks, took some time to get properly adjusted, but when TITLE HOLDERS they started they slowly crept up on the locals, the half ending with the (Guards hanging on to a 17.to 14 | lead, | In the second period the West |Sides presented an unfathomable de- ‘fi‘n“!(', and “Red” Reynolds was tha ‘rmly Guard who could get through, |the fiery-topped forward making the | |only two field goals chalked up by {the locals in the whole second ‘half. The West Sides, meanwhile, were go- ing at full steam and made good six | tries, but their foul shooting was so | much inferior that they were unable 1o run up a lead until near the fin- | ish, svhen they were a single point in |the van, 27 to 26, | At this. eritical juncture Murphy {fouled Reynotds, and the New Brit- |ain forward, with the skill which | |he and his mates had shown ail eve- ning on free throws, tied the scorc | with hig first try and then sent the Guards into lead by sending his sec- | lond attempt through the cords. | |There were only two minutes of play | {left, and, despite a sava attack, the West Sides failed to tally again. | | The score:— | National Guards, Fid. FL Tts, y TL 1 4 12 | Restella, ¢ o1 o0 2 Kilduff, rg . 1 5 i Weir, 1g ... 00 0 BRI 3 g West Sides, 1id. FL Ts. Miller, e ! 2 6 Milephy, teeoii i AT g Bennett, rf .... 0 0l McDonald, Ig .. 0 0 Smith, ¢ ... T | Keating, 1g 2 24 11 5 tonly knockout of { Connecticut Vi Kid Kaplan of Meriden En- ters Ring a Favorite Over Kramer, But Latter Is a Tough Boy and Fast Fighter. By The Assoclated Press, New York, Jan, 2.—Danny Kra- mer of Philadelphia and Louls (Xid) Kaplan of Meriden, Conn,, are re- ported ready for their featherwelght champlonship clash in Madison Square Garden tonight, They must welgh 126 pounds or less at the of- fices of the state athletic commis- sion this afternoon Kramer entered the tournament as the favorite among sporting writ- ers and in his first bout, with Mike Dundee of Rock Island, Jil, manag- ed to obtain a decision although the shout from the crowd appeared to indicate a disagreement with the Jjudges. Dundee’s manager, Dick Curley, was so incensed at the ver- dict that he attacked Referce Patsy Haley. He has been barred from Newy York boxing circles. Kaplan conquered Bobby Gareia, the Mexican contender from Camp Holabird, Md., in the first battle of the eliminations, but not decjsively. He earned his victory by loosing en onslaught in the final round_ that proved too strong for his opponent. Kaplan, however, kncked out Jose Lombardo of Papana ip the semi- finals after the Isthmian had de- feated Lew Paluso of Salt City, who barely made the weight. In the semi-final to the Kaplan- Lombardo match, Dundee met Gar- cla, although this was not part of the tournament, and administered a sound thrashing to the soldier, win- ning by a much larger margin than that obtained hy Kaplan over the same man, Kramer drew a bye this (time, and will face the Connecticut representative tonight with six weeks' rest behind him, while his opponent will have had only three. Kaplan's viclous left. handed at- ¢k, which sent down Lombardo, me as a revelation and caused the the tournament, Lombardo's manager said at the time that the Panaman had suffered an {1l spell just before he entered he ring, Kramer, a recognized hitter and {an expert in the art of jabbing with {the left hand, ®ill face a flashy, |turfous gladintor. The Philadelphian possesses a longer reach which may |cause trouble if his opponent can he kept away. Thus far neither of | Kavlan's opponents has heen able to keep the Meriden man at a distance and the tattoo of his left hand has won his way to victory. Large groups of partisans from the home cities of the combatants are expected at the ringside and the delegation promises to bring a band behind which they can (Continued on ‘Tollowing Page.) Ice Fishing » with his second’ vietory and in T (e of halves, 20 minutes referce, | BAIT PAILS © mile event which closed the MERRILL DAKI | Ditlon. | s t contended himself with trail. | Captain Merrill Dake of the Cor- | | D LIVE BAIT along beside Gorman, Gorman |N€ll basketball team has his work| “DUCK ) YALE finished second in point scoring and [CUt out for him. Cornell won the | “Ducky" Pond is to continue as| | Valentine Bailis, of Lake Placid, was [eastern intercollegiate championship | :w.'s man of destiny. Not only will | 1 is won the three mile |last season and Dake hofes to re- ‘ plain the Yaie baseball team | . Donoghue Memorial race, | peat, He is one ofsthe two regu- ‘(I\iq spring but also seck to retain his ther and fce conditions were |lars loft from last year's champs. |post as one of the best pitchers in Dake plays canter, ithe college ranks. 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