New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 3, 1925, Page 8

CONNECTICUT NOW BOASTS FEATHERWEIGHT CHAMPION BY HERE TONIGHT — INTERCOLLEGIATE LEAGUE OPENS THIS EVENING — RUNNERS KID KA>LAN WORLD CHAMP:; GETS TECHNICAL KAYO IN NINTH WHEN HE SPEEDS UP Contender Out on His Feet After Meriden Feather- weight Battler Smothers Him in Final Stanzas. By The Astoclared Press. New York, Jan. 3.—The world's featherweight boxing crown rests on the a result of Danny Krar paw, in a title Square Garden battered n by the whirling Kay brought into play a blow h ced 1 his moorings and all him out, I'he end, n t ladelphia south- match at Madison last night, Kr 1to com from knocked am but of a flutter- er's corner, minv and g in the ninth Meriden flash a& t over his Quaker Spectacular Tight The e was one of the most interesting and spectacular title matches ever historic Garden. There of th usua none nothing to lose : nd, forgotten in Llows. streaked with blood from and two hadly bat- cut and his body lliant hue by the tactics were rush {c His f a broken r terz1 ¢y pinkened to a .S‘flrm of punis fury on himr. eyelo isploy ggressiveness d the power He was in 1dition when rwise the would have re that fate- excellent physica he enterad the ring, whi been necssary long bef ful ninth. Using every punch known to mod- ern fisticuffing with speed, accr v and a leen ¢ of judgment, K lan fought an aggressive, merciless fight, wearing down his Ph - phia opponent by the very strength and power of lis d and then cutting him to ds as the gloves becann no stopping ed In at open- ing gong and never let up until the fluttering towel had dropped at his it the world's as outlined by State Athletic com- with Kramer fought gamely throughout but Kaplan was far too strong for him and crushed him ur the £ his relentless attack. mpion is one of the therweig in the game, He packs a kuoc hand, bores in continua his opponent on t the start. On the card boxer who has taced pton on each case draw. The man California, wt the tournament just ended. last knocked out Billy Defoe cighth round of Before the bout ler same appeared e new chame- several asions and in he de )i e Herman of 0 was ar that the consiflered a cha nger for TIGHT BY ROUNDS und One Round Two clinch followed. Kram lefts to Kaplan's jaw gered Krar to the ja a right mendou was bleedi punches. Kramer the force of Kaplar tuck but was up Blood showed at this poir Kaplan w bLody. They wer Round Th bait he was met Kramer. lan for ro by Krar reeled intc They exchs missed a left rapid succession jaw. Just as t! I¥ rang K sank his powerful left body. a ¢ Amer to Kaplan's Ronnd Feur Kaplan staggered Kra straight right to t Ay took Kramer's left to the body with- out & whimper and countered wit several rights and lefts to Kramer's head. pian WS warned arain helding. Tt was a but both mea wete v furfous storm of t 163. Fryplan & farlous attack with a Kaplan (Conthhned on blow in either | y and keeps | d heen a| alternate in} Herman | | winner | “RID” KAPLAN THO MEN LEADING INKNOWN LEAGLE Hildowney and Scapelatti Have Yet o Be Defeated Rogers *“unknown partner league” | Muldowny and | is under way and Scapelatti are leading with two and one wins and no losscs respectively. The standing Muldowney . Scapelatti Heisler .. Hall Hopkins . pelatti vs, Frisk. Grace vs. Noonan, MeNeil. Scapelatti v&. Wood. Hopkins vs. Hall Grace vs. ) ! Muldown Wood Heisler Hopkins vs Hall vs. Noonan ny vs. Med Wood vs. Frisk. The results of last Ve night's games Dahlgren , Heisler 45 Savol avoie 66. TFrisk 75, Helsler 1. Savoie 7 nan 73 here will be three prizes e winners when the ed, this will in aying, a determine place ecight Monday Pier games are nde 6 of tha 12 drawing of names the and in the | league gar ffman, sturts Ve ul in- SUZANNE AGAIN French Wizard Appears on Court With Her Doubles Partner, Miss Ryan, and Wins, —Suzar loeal ten- er old her ling to recovered 221ing service ation Hail and Mrs. Went- 6—2, and Mrs St. Omer Roy, = and Miss Ryan are to take on the Misses Fre and Bennett, the latter a sixteen-year- old phenomenon Jack Silver Wins in Fight With Reisler San Francisco, Cal,, Jan. 8.—Jack ver, leading San Fran o light weight, won the decision over John ny Reisler of New York in a six 1 bout here it night The houts last night the first more thau four r s duration le- ally possible under the new boxing nd wrest amendment, (34 ng Hopkins. given to | TRACK MFETS NOW TAKING INTEREST (Foothall Kicked Out of Athletic — New York, Jan, 8.—Faeotball has been kicked out of the sporting world for another eight months, leaving the public mind open for consideration of the invaslon of Paavo Nurmi, greatest of Finnish and world athletes at his running distance, Nurmi, unused to board tracks, {will enter his first American event |at Madison Square Garden durlng the Iinnish-American games Tues- day night, He will meet his coun- [tryman, Willie Ritola, and he wiil |face Lloyd Hahn and the middle western flier, Jole Ray, coming back into condition after a serles of poor performances, The I'inn’s assignment {s a diffl- ult one, in the opinion of sporting writers, A few weeks ago he ar- {rived in the United States to train for this meeting, He ran outdoors and he tricd the tracks at the ar- mories. After viewing his carly performances men who have fol- lowed track athletes for many years became skeptical and some went so | far as to that Nurmi would prove a “bust” indoors. Now he is sald to have gained his footing and to have learncd how to {make the numerous turns required [in an indoor distance test, Defeat {may mean the wonderful Finn's carly departure for his homeland; victory a series of races that will |draw throngs to the winter gthletic ! events, | Five ru have forsa 1ers from foreign shores he Amerfean tracks |atter once B and the | rosters of ations . in the United States are filled with such names as Kolahmainen, IKyronep, Ritola and Tikkanen, Nurmi will be among friends, for the northern part of Europe has |produced some of the best. He holds every IMinnish record worth came here after the Olympic games of 1912, 'ROCKNE KILLS CHANCE OF PLAYING CALIF. 1.\'mro Dame Players Badly Battered in Gruelling Game With Stanford. Pasadena, Calif, Jan. { Rockne, c 3.—Knute Notre Dame rday issued ol all changes of a meeting hetween his eleven and the of California team here. , who had been cor {all day the proposal advanced by alumni of both nstitutions, said bis team had re ed a severe bat- { tering in the ne ar's day clash nford. ¢ Stulilreher, quarterback, na hospital with a broken an bone 1n a cast, Jo | Bach rained vertebra, an | Bill Cerney has two fractured ribs. | The latter two players are not in the These Injuries, said the would greatly weaken his coa team Moreaver, he added their Golden Bears utest would be stadium and ’ 1 n Franc 'PEERLESS FIVE AT BOYS' CLUB MONDAY "n‘.v,-n let | | | * [ Torrington Team Has Long Record | of Wins Behind it—Reserves Will Play Bristol Crescents, 1v basketball is promised at Boys' club Monday night, when cericss Big Five of Torrington t team vict istol, the Sacrec fast quintets state, but the lc starting to win regular tened by the past re ors now Reserves will have also arrang woth the Lewis defeated last to take place a return mat seconds, Dancing being by th rames, Hunter andHSmiflrAre in Golf Match Hollywood, Cal., Jan. 3.—Wilile 1 Hunter, former British amateur go hampion, and MacDonald Smitl Caltfornia open champion in 19 rd Abe Mitchell and an, British als who are on exhibition tour jn an 18-hole match at the Hollywood Country ciub. The score was 4 and \‘ PUBLIO BLOOD GIVER London, Jan. 3.—The authorities of Mile End, one of the poorest Lon- don districts, have decided to ap- point a “universal donor” who would prepared at a minute's notice to give blood for transfusion at a fes of £5 for each case. The hospita! committee believes it wil be possi- | ble to find a man whose blood is | suitaby all cases, for World Until Next Fall ° while as did Kolehmainen when he | sidering | The | profession. ) (By Joe Williams) l So much has been written of the! fistic powers of Benny Leonard, champion of the lightweights, the commentator finds himself up against it to unrecl new matorial. This, however, may surprise you. Leonard thinks more of his left jab than any other punch he uses. And remember a jab is not a particularly |awesome weapon. It is, relativel !what the bunt in baseball is to the home run. Yet the champion—called by many | the greatest lightweight since the {days of Gans and Lavigne—insists a |1eft jab to the face has made and | kept him champlon. “Now I'll tell you wl lwent on Leonard. *or a point. It's Points win decisions. That's to be considered. When you jab an pponent his head goes up. He is While a man {8 off he can do nothing. You are scoring and, getling nothing in return, o “Here's another argument. When jabbing yon put your glove in the other fellow's e You partly ob- |scure his vision. Literally you are fighting a blind man. This leaves {an opening to slip across a heavy | punch, a hook or a cross, which may end the fight right then and there, | "I have always found, too, that |when yon jab, a man drops his hands. Thie is a natural physical reaction. the lack of halance caused by the head going back. When a fighter drops his hands he is, of course, wide open.” Leonard Smartest of All Tighters Leonard is a shrewd, cunning | workman, and easily the émartest of ail present-day fighters. This qual- |1ty is shown in the way 18 delivers his jah, By turning his body to {the right he lengthens the jab the full width of his shoulder, and in this way is always the width of his | shoulder plus the length of his arm away from an opponent. This may not be new stuff but it s undeniably smart. A lot of fighters don’t do it Here's another feature about Leonard's fighting st that may in- | terest you, He ulways uses a jab on a fighter who has been knocked down, first thing T do when 4 fellow gets up after going down is to ‘cross him. I know he is ex- pecting a heavy fir g punch. 1 don't give it to him. Instead I jab his head back Y times out of ten he will drop his hands. And then comes the real opening for a knockout.”" Nobod good Leo I say this,” “A jab counts casy to land. o) of It offsets cems to know just how ard was at his best, It has been popular to compare him with Gans. But Leonard wasn't called on to meet the terrors of the ring Gang had to face, men like £ ngford, Dal Hawkius, Young Griffo, Bat Nelson, Kit McPartland, Frank Erne, Spider Kelly and George McFadden. What Leonard | done against rowers is a question Real Proof of Champ's Smartness Further proof of Leonard'segreat skill and ring smartness {5 found in his unfailing ability to do better | against an opponent the next time he faced him Leonard won the title from Freddie Welsh. He fought the Rrifisher three times in 10-round figh's. The first two went the limit. Tr third Leonard | scored a knoce Leonard battied Johnny then champion of the feathe 1915 and had his troubles. they met several years later in md test Leonard stowed Ki > away in ‘three rounds. Willie | Ritchie gave Leonard a terrific battle { on the coast in a four-rounder, clos- ing his eye tight. But 1 next time they met Leonard knocked him out In eight rounds. those At the Cubs’ Park Jan. 3.—The memorial to late manager of the hicago White Sox, to he erected in the Cubs’ park, will be a tablet, President Veeck of the Cubs said after completing examination of the designs submitted. The memorial will be a tribute from the management of the Cubs. It will be similar to the memorial crected in the Cincinnati park in lionor of Frank Bancroft.* PLAN ENTERTAINMENT i Mexico City. Jan. 3.—Prepara- | tions are being made for entertain ment of the officers and crew of the German warship Berlin which is ex- pected to arrive at Vera Cruz next sday. The crew will participate in a military parade in Vera Cruz while the officers will be escorted to | the capital by a special commiesion. LEFT JAB M 1 only | failed to dismay BOYS'GLUB ADDS THD MORE SCALPS (First and Second Teams Smother Lewis High School Despite.an infected foot which had threatened to keep him out of the| game, Captain Mickey Luke of the local Boys' club quintet dashed through the Lewis high schoel de. fense time and again last night, ac- counting for 22 of his team's 47 points and nearly equalling his op- ponents’ total of 26. The fact that he started was quite a surprise, hut that was nothing beside the sensa- tion which his playing proved to be. He was all over the floor and the .cwis high boys were totally unable to keep track of him, while his e was never keener than although he was strange gym. The game, which was played in the Southington town hall, proved a playing in a walkaway for the locals despite hard | work on the part of the high school boys. Lewis high scored first, but immediately after that Luke got un- der way and tied it up. Matty Mies: kowski added two more points on a floor shot, and Luke was making good on both essays from the free-throw line. From then on there was no question of the by 25 to 8. In the second half the New Brit- ain line-up was shifted, Klep going in at center and Gotowala at guard, while Luke moved to forward. This | Lroke up the combination somewhat and the Lewis high players made a game attempt to rally, nearly holding iz club hoopsters even in the clos- ing. Near the end of the game, with horg and Arburr out on fouls and Kerelejza fully dressed, the Britain boys found themselves with four men on the floor. This them and they battled valiantly along in this fashion for the last three minutes of play. Luke's all-around play was marvelous, while Mieszkowsky and Nyborg also had their cyes in good condition. Haunrlin, center of the home team, played a whirlwind game WEEK JLL BE oA =\ ( of THE TERRI\BLE ( AND SLEET AND | \ 1LL BE N — last night, fouled, | out- | | come, the locals leading at the half New | [ HO- HUM - 10 ANOTHER WAY To THE SUNNY N EDUTHJ\J VIRTUE OF KID KAPLAN'S VICTORY — LYRICS OF HARTFORD PLAY | NOW HOLDING ATHLETIC SPOTLIGHT - BRIEFS ADE LEONARD CHAMP and was ably backed up by Judd and Nelson. The Lewis high team showed individual ability and power but lacked coordination, which it is expected tl fore they play a return game here in March. * Thi Goals Fouls Ttl. Kerelejza, vf . 2 Miesakowski, 1f Like, ¢, rf (Capt.) Jelayiohe el Arburr, 1g .. Nyborg, Ig Gotowala, Ig . ) 19 9 Slomuwocowar 1 Lewis High School Goals Fouls Tt Judd, £ ...o.aen 2 8 | Slepcher, 1t ...... (WieTchii (IS PHamln, set s ioh | Dudak, rg | Nelson, 1g 10 Refcree, Hartford. In the preliminary game, the Boys' Club Reserves, after a hot first | half, ran away from the Lewis Hign school seconds and made it a big night for New Britain. . The game [ was speedier than the 23-13 count shows, as the first two periods were nearly evenly contested and ended with the locals clinging to a 9 to 7 lead. In the third quarter they got under way and quickly ran up the {lcad, substitutes finishing the game and maintaining that advantage. Captain Andy Yakubowicz, back in the game again, supplied the punch needed by the Reserves. He starred on both offense and défense, hattle, Thomasettl was the only home playver to find the hoop meore than once. The score: . Boys’ Club Reserves Goals Fouls Ttl, Yakubowi s 1 1 Zapatka, If 2 e I'resen, If, rg .... Ui Hubay, 1f Sliva, ¢ Aronson, 1% .. Lipman, Ig Parparian, 1g .... o Al Lewis High Seconds Goals Fouls | Thomasetti, rf ... 2 1 | De Paul, It o Ttl. (Continued on Following Page.) v will have acquired be- | | Sliva also put up a good defensive | ARE HERE TONIGHT Former Y, M. H. A, Five to Clash With Nationals National Guards Reynolds teeniiraageee right forward Taylor seiooss «ovevs Gordon left forward center Sheehan ................ Feldman right guard Liyrics Malcolm Restelll Kilduft ceees +ieeess Cohen o left guard The Lyrics of Hartford, last year the well known Y, M. H. A. and for a time a contender for state honors, will' come to the state armory toe nights as the guests of the National Guard five and endeavor to lower their colors for the first time this season, Fresh from th one point victory over the West Sides, the Jo- cals will take the floor confident but not too much go. They know, from the calibre of the.men they are play- ing, that they must step from whistle to whistle in order to win, Dick Dillon will referee and the game sturts at 9:15 p. m. ~ Malcolm of Holyoke, one of the Bay State's fastest forwards, will be lat right forward, paired off with |Gordon. This last named pla while little known hereabouts, must | be something of a player for he cap- |tained the Hapvard varsity five on which he played for three scasor Summy Pite, the flashy Yale play and a member of the Elf champlons two years ago, will be the tap-off man against Restelll. Pite played here with the Y. M. H. A. a year ago and his work was clever. Cohen and Feldman, old timers with the Y. M. H, A. will hold down |the guard positions, with Baron as relief man. | National Guard Junior Five, With 3 . McGrath Back in Lineup, Plays Evening High School, The National Guards Regorves, in tackling the Lvening High of Hart- ford, meet last year's evening high champs of Connecticut. A fast game may be looked forward to. The lines ups: Reserves, Knapp ... Evening High . B . Barlow formerly of Suffield Right Forwar Finklestein , . . 8himkus Crosby veteran orward. McCormick ravelers' team | McGrath . Center, Gennette . Fhompson Trinity man. Right Guard. Travelers', Lett Guard. Lithuanian Club Wins | The American Lithuanian associa- |tion basketball five defeated the Stanley Works “13," 3 the Elihu Burritt school by a score of 46-19. The game, which was a practice game, was hard fought al- though the score does not show it. DENIES NEWS STORY Paris, Jan. 3.—The Hungarian minister to France has effect that former Kmpress Zita had appealed to the ambassadors' coun- cil for permission to return to Hun- gar; ' There’s at Least One in Every Locker House "Oxer Stanley Wks, 13 last evening, at | issued a | denial of the newspaper story to the | N'. IN GAME TONIGHT Intercollegiate Loop Season “Starts for 1025 e By The Assoclated Pross. . New York, Jan. 8.—Pennsylvan which opens the 16th season of the Intercollegiate Basketball geague to< night at Philadelphia with Yale as an opponent, hua won five of the Litles sought siace 1910-11, Columbia, Yale and Cor.ell, last year’s titleholder, each shared in three champlonshlips, “although the Blue won theirs outright while the New Yorkers and Ithacans were forced to divide honors one scason. Princeton won the title in 1921.23, breaking Pennsylvania's four-year remaining league entry, has never won a championship, The champlonshlp records follew: Year. Team. ,.....Won Lost 1910-11—Columbla . 1911-12—Columbig . 1912-13~—Cornell 1918-14—jiCornell-Colum. .. 1914-16—Yale ....... 1916-16—Pennsylvanla 1916-17—Yale . 1017-18—Penneylv 2—Princeton ... 3—Yale {—Cornell NOTRE, DAME ELEVEN 0N 10 SAN FRANCISCO Football Mcn Enjoying Scenic Trip Through Historic California San Francisco, Jan, 3 Dame footbal g the path of the California mi | today from Los Angeles to San [y | cisco, o bit battered and bLruised as the result of the New Year's day vic- tory over Stanford, but ecager to participate in the reception awaiting | at the Golden Gute tonight. Notre Dame cast a flirtatious eye | on proposuls yesterday for a game (with the undefeated University of California team which defeated the | University of Pennsylvania eleven on | w Year's day, but Knute Rockne, | Notre Dame coach, visited the Pasa- | dena hospitals and found Harry | Stuedldvehier, his quarterback, with 4 broken ankle bone in a cast, Joe Bach a strained back and Dill Cer- ‘n"y with two fractured ribs, | "The foothall season is over,” said | Rockne. “Notre Dame came to the | Pacific coast to play one game, and | one game, will be. I'm taking my | boys back to their studies and will meet no other western eleven,” Lute Nichols, graduats manager of California, declined to consider the plea of members of the alumni for a post son game with Notre Nichols saild the Cali{ornia had forfeited two weeks of vacation period and it would hardly be fair to ask them to give up the balance of their time to pre- pare for a game with Notre Dame, | The Notre Dame lads will find at San Francisco a round of entertain. | ment sponsored by the Notre Dame alumnl assoclation which will end at {a dinner at the home of former | United States Senator James Whelan Sunday afternoon. CALLES ON JOB AGAIN Mexico City, Jan. 3.—President Calles resumed his duties yesterday after being confined for a few days i“ ith a slight illness. BRIGGS JUST THINK ANOTHER W ON MY WAY nMy VERY DAY ,mi—’;mrqur FEEL SORAY FOR. You ToMmy- . 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