New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 12, 1925, Page 9

Speaking ‘of Sports SPVPRIVTYIL AL AU o Inabilit y to ehoot fouls contribut- ul to the defeat of the High school sy 8t. Thomas Saturday, 18-21, | ; The locals mirsed about four times s many free teies us they made good . Another contgibuting factor was It they plaged in a court with side- walls, wherd the ball was never out of bounds, The boya seemed to for- { that despite’ the fact that Coach assidy warned them before the ame, It was a thrilfng game though vl the defeat was not a bad one. P'assaje won it 1520 game Satur v by deteating Englewoaod. It was obvious Siturday night that < jieve is‘bad blood between the Ciol- onrods and Digk Dillon, ngle infraction of the rules got by Dick, and the Winsted boys did not siss @ chance to protest. The Goldenrods elaimed that Dick 1x riding them, but that was hardly case, Without Cady and Darcey the tioldenrods are not such a goo cam and Cady won't play, the (ioldenrods_tell us, without his runs ing mate, ‘'he fans were well pleased when 'aul LaHar started shooting In the askets, This was the first time this | -cason e has been up to scrateh. Weir iz coming right along as a 1arp shqoting guard. He plays the fall wall and guards well. It in a safe bet that both Kilduff nd Weir will have their hands full narding the husky and elusive Gor- 1on tonight. There was no preliminary\ &. siturday night at the Manchester srescents Juniors failed to appear. The South Church team plays Company I at the armory tonight. The Boys' reserves play the Lewis iigh seconds in the preliminary. The Gasco five plays the 'Fafniy am tonight at the Boys' club as he “supper hour” attraction. The two-thirds file race at the \lilirose A. A. games at Madison . uare Garden, Jan. 27, will see the ason’s greatest array of middle .listanes stars in competition. Be- des Paavo Nurmi, the Flying Finn, ho heads the list, there will be (ieorge Marsters, Jimmy Connolly, I.loyd Hahn, Tom Cavanaugh and ltay Watson. When Nurmi signed or his event he asked for the record time and made a note of it. He said afterward, he hoped to break the record, ate athletic com- mission will ask Eddie (Cannonball) \fartin, the ¢ new bantamweight champion, to dust off the carpet at the commission’s office Tuesday when the boxing solons of the Em- pire State review the detalls of Martin's poor showing against Augie I’isano last Wednesday. If the mo- culs see fit to set down the cham- plon, several bouts already arranged will have to be labelled, *post- poned,” as it is unlikely Martin will attempt to fight against the com- mission's orders. The New York * The College of the City of New Vork has a basketball record of saven straight victories so far this season. The Lavender quintet has conquered St. Francis, Manhattan, Dhickinson, Maine, Toranto, Massa- chusetts A, C., and its own alumni, The C. C. N. Y., team has lost but nine games over a span of five years, having won 57 out of 66 games played during that time. New John F. (Chick) Meehan, York university’s new football eoach, | will make an *“all.year-round” job of his new position with the Metro. politan school. He will take charge of the situation immiedlately upon iis arrival here and work {inside with the material available. Douglas Falrbanks has sent a omplete equipment for his new jame “Doug” to Syracuse university tor a trial. This game, whigh Fair: Lanks is sald to have originated, introduced to the Orangs when the ~ridiren eleven representing that in- stitution, played at Los Angeles re- cently against the University of fouthern Californla. A description of the game says “it resembles ten- nis with the exception that it is played with corks instead of balls nd the objects must not touch the ;round after being put in play.” Tomeorrow night's game between the Nats and Company G of Man- hester has been called on because injurles to the Manchester play- rs. However, the locals will play them at & later date and on Wed- nesday night will meet the Man- chester Atlas in Manchester. The local management now s onsidering booking some fast out of town teams for Wednesday night rames occasionally. Witkin {s the probable substitute or Gordon in case the Harvard man cannot play with the Lyrics tonight. Feldman will be back 1 yrie Jineup. in the Thus far New Britain has proved itself about five or seven points bet- ter than the state's best, which they have met, for it was by these mar- gins that they defeated the Wash- ington Collegiates and the Lyrics. The former won from the Dixles and the latter from the Atlas, If that hows anything. Art. KOUND TOURNEY {he anaual all around athl o<t for boys will start loday for ko Triermedlates and Employed AT ¥ ni or the ciass, and Saturday Juniors. mployed “R morning for the Hardly a | NATS FACE HARD CONTEST TONUGHT (GBntinued from Preceding New Britain, ma, £l Reynolds, #f, If, ¢ La Har, of ..., Taylor, It .. Restelll, ¢ , Sheehan, rg . Kilduft, 1g ..... Weir, Ig .. lecrcsen 1 61 Personuls: Reynolds 2, La Mar 1, Itestelli 2, Kilduff 2, W tries: Reynolds 5, La Har 4. Taylor Ltestelll 2, 8heehan 3, Welr 1, | Goldenrods., | . Il Ttls, Silvermand; of . E * Carroll, If Bhea, ¢ .. Smith, rg . Clark, 1§ Hayward, rg 10 Personals: Silvermand 1, Carroll 1, Shea 2, Smith 3, Clark 4, Haywar 4. Technical .foul, Smith 1. Free tries: Sllvermand 5, Carroll 1, Shea | 6, Smith 1 rk 1. i PUBLIC INVIRED TO TENNIS CLUB ANNUAL [Election of Officers Will Be Held | Tomorrow Evening At Lum- # ber Co. Office 3 The regular annual meeting of the New Britain Tennis club will be held i ay evening, January 13, at 7:30 o'clock, at the office of the Swift & Upson Lumber company, 13 Elm street, for the election of officers, After the election an open meeting | will be held to discuss plans for the | ceming season. “ The clib has leased a piece of property for a term of five years, and the contract has been let for the building of two up to date courts. All interested in tennis are cor- dially invited to attend this meeting. Bets $100, Wins, and | Shock Proves Fatal | Havana, Jan. 12—Antonio Suarez, newspaper reporter, yesterday placed a bet of $100 on Countess Claridge in the first race at Orlental Park and dropped dead when the filly won. Suarez stood on the terrage in tront of the grandstand during the race. He followed every motion of the horses as they raced around the track. Countess Claridge took the lead early and maintained it to the stretch, when she tired and Pilades gave ler a terrific strugsle aimost nosir 3 her out at the finish Suarez wase greatly excited and as the horses went under the wire he toppled over. When friends picked him up they found him dead. LEADERS WIN CLOSE GAME | The Leaders team won a close| game from the Colonials at the Y. gym Saturday afternoon by the score of 16 to 13. The all-around team | worl of the Leaders belng the down- fall of the Colonials, F. Shepheard ot the Colonials was the only one to get a basket for his team, and he collected three. The lineup: Adams, rf. Havlick, 1f. Bacon, If. . Bengston, c. Varsell, 1f. Wilks, rf. . Darrow, rf. . S. Vetrano, 1f. . Shepheard, . « Romenici, Tg. Vetrano, If. ...... Referee—Rehm, el 1 Umpire—Urban. | UNOFFIOIAL RECORD Milwaukee, Wis,, Jan. 12.—Bobby McLean, professional ice skater, set an unofficial world’s record for the quarter mile here yesterday when he negotlated the distance in 32 scc- onds flat. He skated over a straight- away course speclally prepared (or} him. McLean's performances Wwas the feature of a municipal skating | neet. SHARKEY VS. MONTGOMERY Boston, Jan. 12.— Sharkey, Boston ‘heavyweight boxer, has been | matched to meet Sully Montgomery, | ex-Center College gridiron star of | Fort Worth, Tex., in a 10-round bout | here on January 20. | SIKI-GOODRICH MATCH. | Ban Antonlo, Texas, Jan. 12.— Battling S1ki has been matched to meet Sonny Goodrich, local negro light heavyweight, in a 12-round bout here January 20. 16 GAMES SLATED St. Louls Browns Announce Their Exhibition Schedule 8. Louis, Mo, Jan. 12.—Sixteen exhibition games, six of them with National League tcams will be play ed by the St. Louis Americans dur- ing the spring training searon, business thnpr Bill Friel an- nounced. The six contests scheduled with Major League clubs will be played | against Brooklyn and St L')msi Cardinals and it Is probable other games will be arranged with Doston | and Philadelphia. °* ‘ Games also have been scheduled | with Milwaukee and Toledo of the | American Association. ! The schedule opens with a game | at Tarpon Springs, the Brown's training camp on Wednesday, | March 11, with Brooklyn and will close at St. Louls with the annual | pre-season games with the cardinals on April 11 and 12. TOLL OF POISON BOOZE Chicago, Jan. 12.—Dr. Herman N. | Bundensen, city bealth commission- {er, today made public figures show- ling 239 deaths from poison liquer in | Chicago last year. Scores of others, !the statement said, were biinded and wade insane. |Crescents DAZZY YANCE IS FIRST HOLDOUT OF THE SEASON He Will, However, be the First Dodger to Report for Spring Training. Memphis, ‘Tenn, Jan, 12.—Al though Arthur (“Dazzy") Vance, pitching ace of the Urooklyn Na« tionals, is reported as the first hold- out of the bascball season, he will probably be the first pitcher to re- port to @ major league training camp and start work, Vance leavea here today for Clearwater, I'la., where heo will awalt other members of the Brooklyn team afid where he will be- gin, as he expressed It today, “nurs- ing his arm along.” Vance informed Memphis sports writers that he was offered a con. tract by the Brooklyn team at the ond of the last season but that he returned it and informed Preasident Charles M, Lisbets that he did not care to talk baseball until epring. ' CLUB LEAGUE FURNISHES UPSETS Harmonies Come Through, While Panthers Meet Defeat Iftermediate Teague Panthers oo 1] Pelic: 14 600 571 571 400 Pawnees Beavers Harmonies . Aty 143 Raturday afternoon was a time of upgets at the Bogy' club, the Inter- mediate league developing several surprises. The HHarmonies, after a heart-breaking string of six losses, finally broke into the winning column hy downing the Beavers, On the ather ha the league-lead- ing Panthers (flm y prey to the Pawnees. Pelicans Gobble Another The Peclicans took the first game from the Crescents, 6 to 4, the con- test being more noteworthy for the guarding than for the offensive play. M. Grip was the individual star of the game, with Kramer do- ing the best work for the losers. The score: Crescents Kramer R. T, Appell T, ¥ Pasvenska C. Gordon R. G. J. Was LG. Pelicans Rakutes R. P Chester L. F. Grip C. Lauring R. G. Skurzewski L. G. Referee Anderson. Panthers Lose The Panthers, who have been cleaning up all opposition for the past five weeks wore held to one single field basket by the Pawnces and lost their second game of the season. G. Baylock was high scorer, The score: 2nd GAME Pawnees Baylock R. F. Truhan L. F. Kobela C. Najaran R. G .|Backus L. F. Panthers Sadie R. F. Garro L. F. 8 Was C. Arata R. G Yankowitz L. G. Referee Anderson. At Last. The Harmonies finally did what was coming to be consllered impos- sible; they pulled off the unprece- dented stunt of winning a basketball game. Berg was the big noise in the game, getting three from the fizld and two from the 15-foot strip besides holding his opponent score- he score:— Harmonies, Fld. .0 loss. Renock, rf Lipraan, 1f . Berg, ¢ Marholin, T8 - Annunziata, g Beavers, Fld. Bianchi, rf . C. Gotowala, Leiner, . . J. Gotowala, rg . Koswig, If .... Referee-—~Yakubowicz. The Boys' club play the Water- bury Dixie Big Fh’ of Waterbury tonight. SALESMAN $AM Fif5T | LOST ALLIMY ('Zdo“\ FAOM vizano @ND PROVISION | Ty Cobh Says Jon:s Is | T DANGONIT- WS HAD HARD LUK ALL T WAN OUT HE WHEN WE. GOT OFF WE FaR6OT OR BAGGAGE. GRACEFUL BATTERS OF PRESENT DAY Evans Discusses Crawlond-- Coaches as Experts —— (By Billy Evans) “T get a thrill any time Tabe Ruth swings at a ball,”” remarked a fan to me recently while we were discugsing the home-run king. Tt doesn't matter whether he hits }nm ball or not. His cut at the ball |1s the poetry of metion even when (he strikes out." It takes co-ordination to be a | great batsman and when Ruth is | going good there is rhythm to his im\ln; Yet to my way of - thinking, no batsman I have ever seen in action compares with 8am Crawford, who yoars ago starred at Defroit, An umpire as a rule doesn’t ap- preciate many of the things that ap# peal to fandom. His work becomes mechanical, he does it more or less | ALL STARS WIN, 5D D0 APACHES Saturday Alternoon League at Y. Plunges Onward The All-Blars proved thelr ability to win when they defeated the Aces Saturduy, 34 to 26, whereby they tained first pluce in the Y. M. C league. The other teams will have {to show miore speed and teamwork in order to beat them, Waltcr Nelson continues to drop themn in steadily, his total Suturday being six fleld goals and two fouls. | Herbert Nelson, mainstay of the | Fignir team, also played a whirlwind game as did all the members of the {téam. Dave Ellison played a fine | game for the Red Wings while he was in there, but his over anxlous- “nz 88 forced him from the game. via the four personal route. | The lincup: | Accs D. Ellison, rf. A. Kalgren, If. automatieally, Partisan feclings do not sway his judgment. Despite this 1 never tired of keen- 1y observing the style of Sam Cra ford at the bat. His timing was perfect, the fact he was a slugger, and there was always the game smoothness to his swing. Like Ruth, Crawford handed, batted Jeft Sam Crawford was a star ahout 10 years too soon. In these daysef the lively hall and =o-s0 pitehing he would hawe rivaled Ruth as a siug- ger. When Coaches Glenn Warner, Tad Jones and Knute Rockne got gether to piek thejr team, Layden of Notre selected as the fullback. Most critics overlooked Layden, giving preference to Stuhldreher and Crowley, g Walter Camp named Stuhldreher | at quarterback on his first team and | put Crowley on his second, while Layden was nowhere, Then to further upset the dope, Layden in the hig game of the year with Stanford was the outstanding star of the backfield. Making it seem that the “Big Three” in coaching, Warner, Jones and Rockne, qualified as sport ex- perts by their selections, Layden in particulgy, to- Dame was “Who is the most graceful ball player you have ever seen in aetion | and who is the direct opposite?” | asks a fan, Strangely enough, greatest players of all time, Napp Lajoie and Hans Wagner, occupy the above position in my rating. No two more accurate infielders ever played the game, yet their style was entirely different. Tarry was grace personified, while the bow- legged, loose-jointed Wagner was Just the opposite, Larry mada plays look easy by his style while Wagner made them look hard. Yet both were equally effi- clent two of the| Proving that class is not alwa determined by style. Wagner and Lajole are concrete exaniples of the truth, Do you think Walter Jolnson wili be with Washingten next year? Fans by the hundreds have asked | me that question since Waltar ex- pressed a desire to quit the majors and buy a minor league franchise. Baseball ¢hthusiasts hate to think that so lovable a character as John- gon is to pass out of the picture, Manager Stanley Harris believes Johnsen will be back to help him win another pennant. At least he is pulling,that way. Repeated failure to buy the minor leagne club desired makes it seem as if Harris might get his wish However, the spot for Johnson to ! capitalize on his 1 all prestige is, next season, if he is to be so for-, tunate, The time for him is He's now a hero. A makes quite a difference, the present year often dospite | All-America | | T. Bengston, 1f. « Johnson, c. M. Johnson, rg. .. . Johnson, 18, .. Total S All-Stars | G | W. Nelson, rf. ... | 0. Larson, rt. {T. cabelus, 1t . | H. Nelson, ¢ | K. Parker, rg. | Lewitte, 1g. | D. Swanson 18 senes Total .. | The S | The second game was between the | Apaches and the Red Wings and the Apaches were swamped by the score jof 62 to 35. XKing Tut had a fine time dropping them in, gcoring more than any man in a single game, get- [ting 14 fleld goals and one foul. | | Feldman, a new jmember of the eam played well as did Cyril Con- |nolly, while TLoomis and Preisser | were the best the Apaches had. The lineup: | Apaches Shade, rf. | Wiiliams, rf. Prejssor, 1f. . Loomis, c. Pinkerton. rg. Wililams, 1g. Total ... Paris, rf. . Feldman, If. Lienhard, 1f. Tuttles, c. .. Connol 5o Peterson, ig. . i} o PR > Total ..ooovenenns 62 Referce, Rehm. Umpire, Ander- son. Timckeeper, Ginsberg. HAYES 70 REFEREE [ Will Be Eleventh Man on Vioor in | Yactory Ieague Games Set For Tomorrow Night. Another round in the factory | league hasketball matches will be | played “tomorrow night at the Y,| with “Chick” Hayes of Hartford as the eleventh man. This will bs the | first times Hayes has officlated hers this season Tomorrow night's games bring | together the Corbin five and the | Stanley Workers and for the second game the Rule Shop and ILanders will mix it up. PITTSBURGH FINALLY LOSES Pittsburgh, Jan. 12. — The Pitts- bursh Hockey club suffcred its first defeat in the western wheel cham- plonship race of the United States Hockey associaston when the Min- neapolis team defeated the 1924 champions last night, 2 goals ot 1 in an extra period contest. Each team scored once in the first perfod and Minneapolis scored the deciding goal in the fifth period. Remarkahle Pitcher! Detroit, Jan. 12-=Ty Cobb says Sam Jones has more pitching poise than any other twirler in the Ameri- | can league. By pitching poise, Cobb means baseball braips, rhythm of delivery | and marked fielding ability. 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