New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 6, 1925, Page 8

LocC E Finnish i American Stars. By The Assoclated Press. New York, Jan. -Paavo Nurmi | NURMI ALL SET TO FLASH AT MADISON SQUARE MEET Runner Will Have to Show His Best to Beat Joie Ray and Associated KAPLAN PLANNING A WESTERN TRIP {Other Ring Champs Too, An- nounce Intentions atest of the world's runners at 00, 3,000 and 5,000 metres on cinder tracks, a reputation estab-| New York, Jan, 6.—For a time lished at the Olympie games in yoxing titles may be expected to re- Farls last summer, awalts the crack | oy ore they ave, with the cham- of pistol in his first indoor event at Madison re Garden tonight, ' pions waiting for the outdoor season The a | Pinnish - American |before facing worthy opponents. Athletic club meet has be built | Mickey Walker, welterweight around the sensational invader from | champion, and Mike McTigue, the northern and the contestants | king of light heavyweights, meet have he arrayed rategically. ' tomorrow night in Newark: with Joie Ray of Chicago and nmy |little danger of any crowns chang- Connolly will be ng his oppo- ing hands although the battle should nents in the mile event early in the pe interesting. There is nothing for evening and Willie Rltola, a coun- |McTigue to win, for he is far be- tryman, will be in the 5000-metre lyond the welter limit, while Walker field at 11 o'clock. Never did 2 professes to see an opportunity to runner face a great t than this lapnex another championship. As ~—two races in on t on an in- the match ig “no decision” type, the door track, to w ! us- tomed, agiinst super only kind permitted in New Jersey, Walker must knock out his man to PHREREERILE R B L L Fe S freaiaeftnis T ambiton) Bliova dnaoomsy Wb “y‘l'(‘!fi"l‘ Kid Kaplan, of Meriden, Conn., i“y'}""‘-‘] “k i o an hat D% | who recently won the featherweight T e e e |championship in the eyes of the New and far between at the Colombes stadium, 1T loor air will be missing. ered by Amera Against Nay, cons { loor milers, fcans the gr st at | York State Athletic commission, by ontpointing one and knocking out |two adversaries, has declared his in- tention to participate in several | matches on the Pacific coast under Nurmi must show his best speed |the new 12.round law in which he over the shorter e. TNay, al- |Will NOT risk his title as he will though he has ¢ red that he |contract for appearances over the needs another week of conditioning, ;lvmhnr\\'rlght limit of 126 pounds. is supremely confide He knows | Eddie (Cannonball) Martin of boards, and comes back to competi- tion with a determination to e certain black marks which appe recently against his record. campaign so far indicates that he | tion regarding the reported members | nolly, collegiate cham while & |also is waiting for the large assem- | bership of the same basketball team student at rgetown, covered the |ples out of doors before signing for | of Jimmy O'Connell, barred from distance in 4 minutes, 19 4-5 sec- |3 match that might disturb his hon- | baseball, and George Kelly of the| onds .a few nights ago at Buffalo. |org, | Giants and Sammy Bohen of the| He, too, aims to conquer. Despite Nurmi's abllity to stand the rig of two events in one day, demor 1 on . tr slons, Americans look for the most | the Finn has stirring competition 4 ever known, a grue % “stamina. The mile, be a furious tussic no opport f &ave his energy 0 hot must race against Ritola, ¢ a distance marvel in himse! lling test o essartly, wil the field in the mile might pace-maker was mentioned today,bu found little favor, and it te show as individu mettie agal Comparisons of past performances the | Finn's appearance tonight, as it will be his introduction to indoor run- would haye little b ing on ning. The other had teets. Regardiess of outcom will remain the Nurmi who lished three world records Olympic games of 1924, CHRPION FOUL ave in SHOOTERS DISCLOSED Andy Yakubowicz and Ed Sadie Win Titles at Boys' Club and Will Re: ceive Silver Medals, 1kt captain Anthony the Boys' ¢ senior of the making from t} owicz, Dave 1 py guard o wretched 4 on back with Gay with 15 s Ed Sadi as the yo self with a | two attemp! pressed, altt consistently three tied with J The high Seniors: Bigge, 16; A man, 15; H Juniors son, 15; J tries. Sterling to Yak: bear, g 2 b “awarded LTy wi player throwir wording ‘“Ne B and, on the reve Championship, will be suspende & ange and black, tha club colors. MARTIN AGAINST SHEPPARD %y of Woburn, but pow residing in . New York t was announced 8 Festerday by the Commercial Ath- fetic club. Tt yill be Martin’s first Pappearance here siiice acquiring the title, with- several occa- nd there will be invader to 3 later he dered | The | possibility that the large American | sacrifice a | st the field | 2 against Johnny Sheppard, former- | Brooklyn, who recently captured the {bantamweight title, has elected to |become a fighting champion, but his Jack Dempsey, heavyweight cham- | pion, promises to fight in New York this summer, probably in the hew stadlum being erected in Tong Is- land city which is expected to seat ®1110,000 and for which ground was " |broken yesterday. * llightweight king, reamins on the |fistic nature scheduled. WALTE, DISAPROINTED —_—— t experted | Washington Hurler, However, is Not that Nurmi will have every chance| | Disheartened | chase a Team. Reno, Nev,, Jan. 6.—Back at his ure to purchase the Oakland Coast league b ball club, Walter John- son, st irler of the Washington team, declared that he is disappoint- ed but not disheartened. atEEalluERdtoR Ukt S s o R e el AL MAN CLAIMS HE CAN SWIM UPRIGHT IN GARDEN ALL SET FOR BIG RACES TONIGHT — O'CONNELL DROPPED OFF FRISCO BASKETBALL CLUB—OTHER SPORTING NEWS | FORMER STAR NOW POLICEMAN Hod Eller, Hero of 1919 World Series, Plays New Role Benny Leonard, | A | stage, and has no appointments of a | tinue “I'm not going to give up yet,” the | hig pitcher said, “I'm going to keep ving and pe tl west spring.” that suits me beforc id his deals on the Pa- o spread the | impression he did not wish to return to Washington because he was ag- grieved at treatment he had recelv- cd, “Nothing could farther from the trutt he declared. “Washing- ton has been home to me for 17 ars. 1 love the old town and its people. Some of my best friends are there., The good old ball club means 1s much to me as it ever did. “But I realize as well as everyone that I'm near the end of my in baseball. I'm just trying to Jook ahead a few vears and find gor means to provide for my family when my pitching days are over. “It seems to me that now is the best time to do it. That is the whole story had served clse, RACING PROPOSALS and Drastic Ones—Recommenda- tions Are Made. of t mecting g dates es and &tewards he eir final of raci . The ru s declined to an- ions of t among other things races, handicaps in v r money records and lcations were would open at Nor season June . Boston, Jan. 6.—Eddie (Cannon- | 3%, U CF o iy ball)s Martin, newly crowned h’m-' Plata for erecting a al to | tamweight champlon of the world, ! .- (Pop) Geers, vet iriver, ‘will defend his e here February G . "0 s ptember, were consid- A chair with a back that forms a coat hanger and with a ¢ draw- r and sliding foot rest has been in- vented. . aps 1 can get a club | | | Suggested Changes in Harness Rules | | | one of the men w home in Reno after his second mi\-% | Marco, of Pittsburgh, last night. Sil- | vers led all the way. DCONNELL OFF BASHETBALL TEAN Frisco League Drops Him-New Yorkers Worry Over Kelly By The Assoclated Press. San Franclsco, Jan, 6.~Jimmy O'Connell, former New York Na- tional league baseball player sus- pended from organized baseball on his admission that he offered a bribe to a player on an opposing team, will not be permitted to play on any professlonal basketball team in San Frantlsco, according to Dan Maher, president of the lcague which lhas slgned O'Connell, O'Connell was| dropped yesterday upon receipt of | protests from John A. Heydler, pres- | ident ot the National league, | The team in the professional bas- ketball efrenit on which O'Connell was expected to play in a season be- ginning next Saturday bears the t of the *Adam and Eve" team, namcd after a perfume manufacturing com- | pany which backs it financially. un; 1t also were signed George Kelly, first | baseman of the Giants Sammy | | Bohne, Cincinnatl infielder; Bert| Cole, former Detroit pitcher; “Wee” | Ludoph of the Vernon club in the| Pacific Coast league; Kelly ur} the Texas league, and “Imp" Begley, formerly with Cincinnati, | Prompt action by the officials of | the eight club commercial baskethall | circuit In response to the ‘protest from the president of the National| ‘basehall league means that O'Con-| nell, former baseball and basketball | star In a college near San Francisco, | | will not be able to take part in pro- fessional lLasketball games in his| home town this winter. Nely York, Jan. 6—President John | A. Heydler of the National lr:a:ur:} and Manager John J. McGraw of the | it further word from the | Pacific coast before taking any ac-| | New York Daseball circles were| disturbed by the news yesterday, and | President Heydler immediately sent| a telegram to the coast asking for| details. He had received no answer | at a late hour last night. In the o ; 50 E president’s opinion, the National| Just five vears ago at this time, league will take up the matter if the|Hod Eller, then star pitcher of the office of Judge Kenesaw M. Landis, commissioner of baseball, fails (o{ | act Although O'Connell was | diately dismissed from the bask gue by the president when wor that the eituation endangered the Laseball careers of Kelly and Bohne reached him, the Natlonal league con-| with his Anvestigation. Kel who was mentioned by O'Connell as approached him | Cincinnati Reds, world champs, was baseball's greatest hero. {mme-| Eller was basking in the thall |light that is now being turned on 4| Walter Johnson for his great come- back in the final game of the series | with the Giants. Today Hod Eller is patrolling a beat in Indianapolis, a trusty office of the law in that fair city. Baschall fame is ficeting and the Tero worship that was once Eller's has entirely faded out. Ie is no S (_"'T'],:y‘”;,;?ml‘_\”.n"\“,;“i_ut‘(vf.““; longer a world series hero, Just Hod e to the Glants 1ate n the season | FAICr, pitcher for the old home town and was or cleare v Land in the summer, officer of the law accord o reports, to play the il s o 8 T th it game Slof B the g ST BRI LR ] |world series Fller became the o tract called for only out-of-town ap-| WOTIS, series Biler, became the s 5. = 1 er McGraw, who ordered his ot itching. man, Frank Frisch, to|P % 3 om playing basebail during| struck rn‘n Nine ?hn S that with| _The big right hander shut out the 7 e | Chicago White Sox 5-0, allowing vy three s, two them k Wea He most remarkable exhibition of 1 bas refrain the winte Ke of struck out nine by 6aid. "l'rank was ve nore likely to get hurt. | aseball assets was gpeed | It was in the second and third in- nings of this game that Eiler per- B alle o destroy 1t A€ B [formed a feat unequaled by an faokolhmle CelY BYS|other world series pitcher, six suc- lively with his long| . trikeouts isn't any Frisch on ”‘n‘Lf’\‘\\f BURCOU . s oo e | I was one of the 1 don't think basketball | 3 umpires tn the base paths. 0 i o T, A far ps| 1910 world serles and I doubt if 1 paulgeo im ot It mooe tint 1| CVer saw a pitcher have more stuft the O'Connell end ‘of it goes, that '8} o, piy fast vall than Eller did that up to Judge Landi afternoon. In making sta am not excepting Walts I this te {ment 1 GASCOS WIN RGAIN ~~|uiiov | Prior to t eries it had been hinted that Eller was a trick pitcher, |that he doctored the ball. Win One-Sided Contest From Stan- | . ite of the White same reputation, the two c par ley Works — Dudack Stars From ntly decided not to argye d Foul Line. Floor and il Line Used Only Fast Ball The Gascos added another victory| Tt might be interesting to know to their str night at the |that in striking out gix successive bury the Stanley |batters, Eiler didn't use a single to 13 court. The GUTHE ball o from start to sh, the Stanley Works being un- | %as cither struck at and missed or » to score consecutively or pre-|Cailed. If T remember correctly vent the victors from scoring. Du- |Just one L vas fouled by Eddic ack led the Gasco scoring with 3 | s of Six men who faced shots of each variety, while Restelli, Chuck Wojack also dropped in trios r to each pitch T noticed that of the double-counters, Sikora and r would rub the 1 Schroeder put up a good game for st. 1t was also The'gseres | he might have somethi i of his uniform, ¢ . Fia Pis spot on his left side about the o 4 o | 8ize of a football across he : 0 4|would draw the ball, »| I have since ! leag: g tior his shirt sz ar rubbing the 1 { o drew {he GoTL prior to eacl 1 him to roug p on it Hero of the Hour ...... 1 1 3 inot vouch for the 3 t of such a statement 0 0 0lsome members of the 2 0 4« the story, 1 0o 2 aguers, climax L final game, win- With a un mar- d up in the eightl in- ning Chicago scoring four brass band welcomed Eller at ation on his return to Cincin- He was the hero of the event. at was just five ago. Now Eller has been forgotten by a majority of big league f He's just a policem ently a mighty good time out he assisted i daring desperado, with 6 ligren. seri¢s, pitched JOEY SILVERS GETS DECISION New York, Jan. 6.—Joey Siivers,| T Iyn lightweight, was awarded a ten round decision over Cuddy De-. i In the semi- final, Paddy Ryan, of Pittsburgh, 145 pounds, outpointed Georgie Lavigne, of New York, in ten rounds. His first s much icago Wi | It costs $1.44 to stop a freight train that is running fifteen miles e took the Ct e hour. x in 1919, | | | result of their New Year's Day game [ with the Stanford University eleven | prompted the remar] | Thorpe, of Columbia, who refereed the contest, that despit | effects on the middlewest tea 5 nal clash wa | battle I have ever scen never refereed a game re players put up a cleaner brand 1 or tried harder on both said Thorpe. He added tha | of footb: sides,"” WATER — FACTORY Contest Praises Sportsmanship oLl rom the — s HOD ELLLR AS PITCHER AND POLICEMAN NEW BRIVAIN DAILY HERALD, I‘UEBDAY, JANUARY'TC,‘ lm WAS A CLEAN GAME Both Teams, Los Angeles, Jan. 6.—Injuries ~tilt | nursed by Notre Dame p Sk on for the clean eportsma opponents and paid th ympliment of inviting him to wield m again next year. cling among actual Stanford game ng out of the Notre Dame in- by which ford missed a touchdown, struck pe as humorously at odds with Rumors of il participants in the Th terseet have tp both si whistleifor th or the four facts. inche lime- | Referce of Notre Dame-Stanford yers as k here by Ed its abrasive m, the ‘cleanest 2 ers and coaches s expressed admiration hip of their cree the ref BILLIARD MATCHES AND THE RESULTS Some Close Games Are Clicked : _Ofl at Rogers' —_— Rogors' amateur billlard tourna- ment started last night with four games being played and they were watched by an interested audience. Tho results: Dunham, 100; Hellyar, 96, Shaw, 100; Steinhaus, 79, Plerce, 100; Dunham, 70." Shaw, 100; Muldowney 65 Tonight's games: Muldowney va. Frisk; Hoffman vs,’ Frisk. In the unknown pocket billlard league the following games were played last night: Muldowney, 75; Frisk, 42. Dahlgren, 75; McNeil, 64, Grace, 76; Noonan, 70. Muldowney, 75; Dahlgren, 70. Most of these games are closely fought and draw quite an audience before the games are over. Tonight's games are: Hall vs. Mc- Neil; Scapellatti ve. Noonan latti vé, Wood; Hopkins ce va, MeNell; Wood v Heisler vs. Grace; Hall va, Frisk; (TIGER FLOWER WALLOPS BRITTEN IN THE FOURTH Boy From Kansas City Loses on Technical Knockout to Hard- Hitting Negjo Boston, Jan. 6.—Tiger ¥lowers, negro middleweight of Atlanta, last night scored a technical knockout over Billy Britten, of Kansas City, when the referce stopped the bout in the middle of the fourth round. Flowers had the best of it from the opening bell . Britten was groggy and bleeding from the nose when the referee stepped in. Flowers weighed in at 165 and Britten at 164 pounds, Flowers swarmed over Britten start, landing at will with, stiff right jabs and left hooks to the jaw and body. Britten landed an occasional right but was unable to do damage. The Tiger's blows secemed to lack power, however, fail- ing to put Britten down for a count Britten was weakening fast under a fusillade of rights and lefts as the referee ended the bout. " Flowers' best blow was a right jab which he used continually, Willie Gradwell, of Somerville, | won the decision over Battling Budd, of Atlanta, Ga., a sparring partner of Tlowers, in the eight round semi- final, Gradwell led all the way. Clemente Saavedra, Chilean heavy- weight, scored a technical knockout over Yussell Pearlstein in the first round of a scheduled eight round bout. Pearlstéin was dropped for the count of six by a heavy over- hand right. After he took a second short count, his seconds threw in the towel. a Color combinations of two kinds of leather continue to be popular for both men and women's wear in France, |17 |i7a, all had their basket eyes In the Savole vs. Noonan; Hopkins vs. Gruce, Standing of League. . ‘Won Lost Muldowney ...... o 4 0 Scapellatti . 1 0 Noonan .. 2 1 Savole .... 4 2 Dahigren .. 4 3 Grace sovienne 2 2 Wood ceevsese 1 1 MoNeil sovuaen 1 2 Frisk . 3 3 Heisler ovoveee 1 3 | Hall 00 1 3 | Hopkins s e 0 3| PEERLESS LOSE 10 BOYS' CLUB Prove No Match for Spoedy Locals; Reserves Also Win Darting in and out among their opponents like the Three Musketeers, the three offensive stars of the®Boy club quintet broke through the de- fense of the Peerless Big Five of Torrington time and again last night to run up 40 of their teams 42 points while their guards held the visitors to half that score. Captain Mickey Luke and his well-paitcd ‘forwards, Matty Mieszkowski and Pete Kerele- hest order and continually dropped the ball in from all angles and dis- tances and the outcome of the game was never in doubt from' the open- lead at the whistie, The orange and black players started with a rpush and completely swept the Peerless team off jts feet | in the first quarter, amassing 18 | points before the visitors scored on a free shot. The Torrington boys seemed unused to watchful refereqs {ing and fouled many times in this period, Woodland being sent out on personals just before the close of the first quarter, which ‘found the Boy's | club loading by 15 to 1. The visitors found themselves in {the second period and battled vig- orously to overcome the locals lead, | struggling uphill to 15-9 before Luke |dropped in a foul shot which set | the club in motion again. A few seconds later, Luke sent the crowd into an uproar with a béautiful {heave from the center of the court. |Although outscored during this |quarter, the club still held a 22-10 |iead at the whistle. This lead was cut another point in the third quarter, when the Peer- |less quintet showed its best stuff of the night. Hand, the red-topped center of the visitors, frequently broke up the home tcam’s passing and dribbled down the floor to sink !a shot, but the Torrington lads were |still far behind. The final quarter was all New {Britain. Cutting loose with their full |display of passing and shooting, the club had no difficulty at all in pene- trating the Peerless defense and mak ing 12 points in a row. D. McNamara visiting guard, injured his leg in a collison with Arburr but was able to continue play after time had been called. During the last few minutes the visitors were forced to confine their efforts to hopeless shooting from three quarters of the way down the floor, and the final whistle sounded with the locals leading, 42 to 21 The passing and all-around team- {work of the victors was even more |responsible for the winning of the |game than the individual display of |shooting, Arburr, Gotowala and |borg almost invariably breaking up |the invaders’ attacks on the home |basket. Hand played a fine all- |around game for the visitors. The | | sccte:— Boys' Club. Fld. FIl Pts. Mieszkowski, rf «w.vevs B 1 11 Kerelejza, 1f. 5 2 12 Luke, c. . 8 1 17 | Arburr, rg. 0 0 0 Gotowala, Ig. 0 00 (Continued on Following Page.) WASHINGTON STREET MAN HAS NEW SWIMMING METHOD Angelo Faticoni, Agéd 6'6. Claims and Actually Does, Unusual .Aquatie Stunts in Unusual Man- ner, " AL the age of 66 years, Angelo Faticonl of 261 Washington street has developed a new theory of swimming through the employment of which he performs a number of amazing stunts in the water and which, swimmirg anthorities who have seen him perform dedlare, wil revolutionize the teaching of swime ing, providing his theories are such as can be conveyed to puplls, Faticonl's skill in aquatics was brought to the attention of authorj- ties at the local Y. M. C., _A. last week by Attorney 8. Gerard Cagale who had met the athlete in a pro- fessional way. When the attorney advised Physical Director Joseph Hergstrom that e had uncovered a man who can stand ypright in the water with his hands exposed and maintain his equilibrium without movement of any part of the body, the * director was inclined to be a bit skeptical; when the attorney added that his man not only could ANGELO FATICONI Gl L stand in the water but could walk, lay motionless on kis back, on his side or with lis hands grasping both knees, the director was anxious for an exhibition. As a result, arrange- ments were made with Fatieoni and several days ago he appeared in the “Y'" pool and por’ormed these and a number of other equally as surpris- inz stunts. In reply to questions, the swimmer averred he had taught his principles to several members of his famify without difficulty and couid do so with any apt pupil. Director Hergstrom is planning to, bring Faticonl tt the Springfield Y{ M. C. A. college next week for an exhibition before some of the most eminent swimming authorities in the cast, and if they concur in the opin- ion of local friends, Faticoni plans an effort to capitalize on his unusual skill. = Plans were started for a public ex- hibition of the unique swimming stunts in the Y. M. C.‘A. pool but it was agreed that this would be impractical since the accommioda- (Continued on Following Page.) 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