New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 16, 1925, Page 18

NURMI SETS 3 NEW MARKS; RACES AGAIN THIS EVENING But Joie Ray Is Not Afraid, He Says, and Thinks He'll Beat Fin- nish Rival in Chicago. Madison S —Paavo Nur a, his rival and three other sta m! not only won easly, lap- ping all of his rivals except Ritola, | who ¢ | vards b | world's T tances of one | and three-quarters miles, 8,000 me- ters n-eighth miles. | The Phantom Finn was even in | more astonishing m than when he made 1 ar debut here last wesk, ost feared | rival, Ritola, und early in the race and v d a brilliant | flash of speed at the close to slice | confidence gained from having brok- | was seconds off the former world's marke | all of which were held by Jole Ilay.“ of Chicago, It N i sat the new mile and three- ]‘ quarters mark at 7 55 3-5 | seconds, as compared with Ray’s | former standard of 7:59 and was clocked at the 2,000 meter fin- ish mark in £:28 4.5 es pared with the former time of 8:31 1.5, | Nurm{ then carrfed his speed alons | to the ons mils and seven-eighth | post, where his time was 8:29, as| against the old record of 8:34 3-5, All of Ray's old marks were met in 1923 in New York. | Nurmi now has shattered x| world's records in two starts in this | eountry, in each instance erasing a record formerly held by Ray. YTast night the Flying Finn seem- @4 to have in mind the fact that he had only a short time to catch s | train for Chicago, where he is slat- | e4 to run tonight, for he set out at | ® dizzy clip early in the race, Ritola and Verns Booth, former Johns Mopkins star, clung to Nur- mi’'s heels for six laps but after that they dropped steadily behind. | Nurmi added yards to his advan- tage on every turn of the wooden | runway, and the erowd burst into noisy acclaim as he lapped the other fwo entrants, Gunnar Nilson and limar Prim, in quick succession. Booth was passed two laps from the finish and Ritola was trailing by a | third of a lap when Nurml broke the tape; | Jole Confident | Chicagp, Jan. 16.—Jole Ray, the little Chicago middle distance star, is primed for his supreme effort on the board track at th night After years in possession of world records at his chosen distances, Ray has seen Paavo Nur: Coliseum to- Tonight Ray some of the prestige I spurned under the flying feet of to retrieve has hopes seen Finnish {nvader. In their mile an three-quarters race at the games of the Ilinols A. C. tonight, Ray counts conditions decidedly in his favor. ‘The 12-lap track with its increased | number of turns, with which Nurmi is unfamiliar, will be an advantage, 1 [ [ | but greater Ray counts the all night | and day ride from where | Nurm| dashed te ree world rec- ords last night. - Willie Ritola, who hind Nurmi last night, third man tonight's cor University and athletic will compets {n o Every nook been turned i tickets have be: days fin| Western Teams to Decide Polo Championships Chicago, Ja will decida ehamplonship. ms were e when Chicago =pectiv ove to 10, and Brookiyn ‘The players res toda tomorrow night at tI ing club. Consolation matches ‘will bring togeth Newark, Det New York and How Many Blades Do You Throw Away? for the fi icago R tomorrow Do you have to use a new blade every day? Buya Valet AutoStrop Razor today and begin to enjoy real, comfortable shaves without constant blade expense. 1 Valet trop Razor o= Sharpens Itself - —— { midable foes at home, GOLF CHANPIONS FACE TOUGH J0BS |Six of Them Will Have Hard Battles to Keep Crowns T LEAD IN” LEAGUE Defeat Bristol With-Little Diffi culty in Local Gym Triangular League Standing. LG P ) New Britaln .... 2 1 .667 Meriden el 1 500 Bristol veen 0 1 .000 The New Britain Boys' Club Re- s assumed undisputed posses- t place in the triangular all 8v The Assoclated Press. New Yorl, Jan. 16.—The old max- ncasy lies the head that wears a crown,” 19 pionships n's titles of ands last secason to their | y Jones, the At. lanta wizard, who d a long- sought goal last y hen he won amateur title, appears ely to keep his honors. Jones outclassed an | ational field last September and with the adds no f present weare QOf the sexte en the jinx previously pursutng him | in this tournament, he may be more formidable than ever, when the am- | ateur clans gather at Pittsburgh. | Walter Hagen, a dangerous factor | in any title hunt, will bid again for the British open title, but though the odds will be against him, he will start the tournament a favorite on the strength of his record of having won the championship twice in three years and’ fiinehing only a stroke| from the tov in the season bt'wce!l‘ these victories. Hagen will be reinforced in hls‘ British invasion by several other | American professionals, probably in- | cluding Bobby Cruickshank, Gene | Sarazen, Jim Barnes and Johnny | Farrell. Cyril Walker, the Englewood pro | who startled the golf world by cap- turlng the American open crown at Detroit last year, {s not favored to repeat, partly for the reason that he | boasts none too rugged health for the championship grind, and ]\ar']v: because of the keen opposition he | will find in the tour nent this year at Worcester, Mias British amateur laurels probably will be safe from American attack s, who for the many for- foremost of whom are Roger Wethered and Cyril Tolley, victor in the French open over Hagen and Sarazen last summer. In wome! Campbell determined attack ney at St. Louis from such younger rivals as Miss Glenna Collett, Edith Cummings anc Browne, tennis sta ist, to retain the A Across t! red appears to retain the laurels she g among British women in 19 SPORTS FOR GOBS Territory of champic second time in 1924, e 'S ranks, d must n the title t Mi All Facflities of the Hawail to Be at Disposal of Offi- | cers and Men of U. & Fleet Ho (e nolulu, Jan monds, football and bas! track and field grounds and har ew-race courses, wil of the men nited States euvers in Ha rng. eports sub-c fleet m ng a map of a and facilities on the will be forwarded to hs before it; 1t 1s hoped d wrestling also gram WILLS WON'T FIGHT Brittle Hands Will Keep Him In- in g activity. way fagit his docto y e DS OTT. PENNOCK HOIL vork 5 Y a hoidout. conference Ruppert over salary matte t yet been asked to sign had a owner, | night of the season league last night on the local floor by taking an easy game from the Bristol club, torsa| It was Bristol's first lcague game, ied contests up till now en postponed because of fever epidemic in the Bell City, and the visitors showed that their enforced lay-off had broken up their teamwork. Mellino started things moving by making good on a try from the 15- foot mark, but Captain Andy Yaku- bowiez ot the Reserves more than offset this by dropping in two free thro patka followed with a fleld goal, and the home quintet ran away from the invaders, collecting nine fleld goals in the first half to Bristol's one. The half-time score 22 to 8 In the third quarter Bristol tight- ened up and displayed its best form of the 1ing. Besides a stiffened defens visit showed more punch in their offense, Mellino and Zetarskl passing through the local guards for several scores, The Brls-, tol lads 1 not keep up this pace, and in the final serves broke bonds period the Re- again and piled up point after point held his man scoreless during the whole first half, while Parparian, who took his place, carried this work on b; Sliva handled the o guard position efficiently, ptain Andy, how ,hZ"e\fn‘L.'l‘“ Rt ",fsp"lf‘i”gezfi thing like the picture to the left. the leader of | the Reserves dropped in eight from | the floor and four from the free- | (By Joe Willlams) | New York, Jan. 16.—It throw bar, while Zapatka and Bigge {8 high Leubeck .. . Sterling were on his hesls arski, Mel- 8 our friend the aviator says, | I ristol. e score: e 3 1 8, anc Jenny T . | A s & New Britain Rescrves | champion of the lightweights, either A ‘y‘ I‘::«::\;T” "b""rnrg:?we Field Foul Pis |closed their traps or their careers. | i ‘Captain Yakubowiez (C.) rf. § /) 20| Dempsey tells interviewers, n one | R P 1 7| selt-sacrificing breath, he will fight | —_— AN Elderow r g o las soon as a logical opponent in A8ideront o o2k 1Tl 3 2 {whom “the public is intercsted” is 0 0 jdeveloped. In the next breath he | " o | talks of retiring. | — .| Leonard is lacking even in origin- | 16 6 ality, In much the same language Rrisiol {he says precisely the same thing, | (st { Field Foul Pts. |Only oftener. | Byydertivt 1 1| There is no law to prevent Demp- | sional men have been placed on four | Thompson Was, rf. 0 0 or Leonard quitting the ring if evenly matched Y. M. C. A. teams | want to. But there ought to arski, & law compelling them, and other Mellino, c. 1 3 Cahoon, TE. 2 rrulous Tin Ears, to quit kidding Bachara, re. o |the cash customers, | ©On Dempsey’s list are two worth- | while opponents in whom the public | 'y much interested: Ig. D. stood up under his punching for 15 THEIR MERIDEN RIVALS| | we Both Wills and Gibbons are de- | " serving of matches with ths heavy- | t champion, | | Wills Hard to Hit | | Tt matters not that Dempse: New Britain Outfit Drags FEight Points at Half-Time— Score 25-16 has placed 2 low estimate on the fight- qualities of th two battlers or at least a considera ge of it, is pleased to vi em in a more f s of Meriden made a | in their campaign | RESFRVES ASSIME | DEMPSEY Ny At the speed he'’s going Dempsey will batt le again in 1943 and will probably look some- t ft. You'll proba bly be reading in 1956 about how old man Leonard finally climbed through the ropes to fi ght. 0d Timers Included in Newest s mochs ... League Over thirty business and profes- | and are all set to start night at 8 p. m. Old Timers like J. Dorsey of the H. R. Walker Trucking Co., Thomas Crowe, build- | ing and ‘construction contractor, M. Harry Roche, Max Unkelbach, turner, Oscar Sahr- Saxe, arry Wills, the dark, rum- | packer, baseball plaver, E. G, Burck, Sults: Bert Loomis-Siderowt team | bling cloud of Fistiana. fire department, T. A. MeAulifte, -Were defeated by the E. A. Mag- | (2) Tommy Gibbons, the Mick Telephone So., will be seen in the LAubeck feam 1221, 21-18, 11.8 | wh 20 pounds and 2 =0 4 e Rehm-McCutcheon team also different line-ups just as active and | enthusiastic as men 20 years thelr jors. First game Wind Jammers Dr. E. H. Hand . Captain 7. Hergstrom AND LEONARD! | BENNYINSISTS They Ought To Make Good On Their Threats To Retire or Else| OF THE RING FOR ALL TIME® Step Out and Fight. §. Galbraith ;.v. Rogan .... . C. H. Barnes H. Preble .... « M. D. Saxe T. A. McAulife Hornkohl . . Hogan R. F. Substitute: Horwitz. Handball Tournament Two matched games of Handhall were played off in the doubles tofir- nament yesterday, the last day of the semi-finals with the following re- tomorrow attorneys, went down to defeat in three closely contested games to the Loomis-An- | derson team 21-10, 10-21, 21-19. To date fitteen doubles handball teams Balloons | !'ave been eliminated during the past H Soott | SIX weeks and seven team have pull- ';aplaln 4 through to victory and will enter R B the finals elmination tournament for the championship of the association - W. H VanOppen | pext Monday. C. B, The folowing teams will draw for O. Sahrbacker | opponents next week, Greenstein- L. B Racklin, Dressel.Crowe, F. Unter- 1. Berkowitz span-Regan, E. Unterspan-Milkowitz, 1 Hergstrom-Root, R. Loomis-Ander- E. Burke son and Mag-Leubeck. Gold medals C. F. will bs awarded the winners and A. E. Gard | bronze medals the runners-up n ! hurt, !hn\'a to choose between EED TONIGHT — JOHNSON WOULD HAVE CONGRESS TAKE CHARGE OF BASEBALL — NEW BRITAIN BOY BOWLERS DEFEAT CAPITAL CITY RIVALS THATHE'S 0 Lightweight Champ Says Love For His Mother Influenced His Decision and He Will Not Fight Again ' ‘ New York, Jan. 16.—~Benny ard, in a signed statement, gave his for quitting the boxing ring. Leonard revealed in the statement that his mother for some time had pleaded with him to give up boxing because she feared he would be She became 8o insistent that finally Billy Glgson, Leonard's man- ager, advised the boxer to retire, saylng that “the shock of another fight will be too much for her.” “The newspapers were full of storles about my tralning—my fight- ing,” sald Leonard in his statement. “They told how I got my eye split open. They told how I got my teeth knocked out. They told how my hands were broken. And my mother read every line of it, and then saw me as 1 came home. Mother would sit crying and trem- bling, saying, ‘my poor Benny.’ “My brothers and I made light of the ipjuries, ‘but right there and then mother eald she would not lst her Benny ,fight again. My fight with Tendler in 1923 was to have | been my last. My mother has been very {ll. All of us are greatly wor- ried over her condition. One day she called our farily together. made me promise her I would never fight again, question of my mother’s health. I| of the newsboys on the street. “I am thankful to boxing for what it has done for me. I was a weak frail kid when I first started out. Boxing has given me a strong body. Tt has given me a clean mind. It; has given me lots of money. More than that, and best of all, boxing has enabled me to travel all over the country, where T met a lot of real men, fine men whose friendship I am proud of and shall always want to keep. “And I love boxing for itself, It/ is a game of science and skill. It is a game of strength, condition, en- durance and brains, I will always like to see boxing. I do not want to get away from it entirely.” After his fights in New York, Leonard used to hurry home, where Lis mother would serve him with coffee and cakes, Leonard {s retiring frqm the ring in good financlal circumstances and | with a foundation for a stage career lald by months of preparation. Thus he is following in the foesteps of another noted pugillst, James J. Corbett. AGGIES TO PLAY WESLEYAN SAT. Baylock and Company Confident of Victory The Connecticut Aggies basketball team held a fast scrimmage here to day and are ready to add Wesleyan to their list of victories when they lineup against the ked and Black | Saturday night. The state college five has won two games In as many starts, defeating New Hampshire 22-18 and easily conquering the formidabls Spring- | field College team, 26-16 last Wed- resday in Springfield. | Welsh. Leon- By The Assoclated Press. New York, Jan, 16.—Benny Leon- “love for his mother” as the reason 2fds Who retired last night as light.! welght boxing champlon of world, ‘left the ring without the ex- which ordinarily He has taken terior blemishes mark the pugllist, good care of himself Topes, . within In 1922 a bout with Lew Tendler| loogened séveral teeth and the trouble was aggravat-| ed in a match with Ever Hammer| at Michigan City a short time Jater, of Philadelphia Hagl ) the) the, The champlon had five teeth with \ drawn before he could overcome thil affection and was unable to' box fo several months. New York, Jan. of a defaulting boxer at the Falrmont Athletic club in the Brol Last night he retired from the where he i# known as Benny Leondl ard as lightwelght champlon of thi } world, In a statement announcing retirement Leonard declared that hej was actuated solely by the wish his mother. he accede to her wishes. nently. Leonard, who has not been a in the ring since 1923, has held his| present title for nearly seven years, After fighting his way through, ranks for five years following first appearance, he faced on 28, 1917, that king of defensive ing from Great Britain, Manhattan A, C. A few months previously champion, Welsh, had made Leonard Brooklyn contest and Leonard had outpointed Welsh in a battle in Madison Square appear amateurish in a Garden. This was the decisive test. For eight rounds Welsh his head well covered, but in ninth, the man who was to become and remain champion of the I weights for seven years, sent right to a point behind the British- Welsh staggered, or's left ear. guarded in his excellent style. Driven to a corner, the Britisher was forced to lower his hands a stinging left sent him totte Too weak to ralse the arms had protected his crown since won it from Willle Ritchie, He powerless before a terrific offensiia and Benny Leonard came into fame. Kid Lavigne captured the worll title from Dick Burge, the En| champion, and brought it to Ameri- ca in 1836. It soon became property of Ad Wolgast, who bowed to Willie Ritchie. made tlhe mistake of going to land to fight Welsh and lo: After winning the title more seven years ago, Leonard met comers and defpated them. times he encountered the recently, feather- weights, Johnny Dundee and severa g After hs bed retired champion of the close battles resulted. came champion he Johnny Nelson, knocked Erne, Gene Delmont, Chick Bri Willje Frankie Britt, Eddle Kelly, (Continued on Following Page.) e honors last night on | orable light | Unkelbach floor, defeating the ! True, Wills didn't ! 1 Eagles by the score of | Firpo. t, remem | T Dorsey . a glove on | aid the Is and Dempsey regresent | 5. Rep {widely different types Wills is e entific . Dempsey is not. It 15, gy Hield F. Pre ard to hit Wills, st ot tnar Kutscher to hit Dem 3| Remember this, too. Dempsey 9 | has never looked good agains 4 1 1 v | any | | man who knew how to b did | not look good against B when Miske was w We have great Leonard the fighter, and theatric. urse, is not parti 1t 1, in fact, an old hters r quarrel with 4 8 16 he Insists on pos genius—an Ale | beaks to bust. The cold truth is, | ough opposition exists in the light. | weight ranks to busy for a whol, Ready for Leonard What's the matter with Sid Terris | Pitching One Feature of |2 Xev Yer | Game to Suffer, Says Vet waukee? Or Rusie Loer 1 e veteran Ameri- (N. D.) puncher wh enough to flatten Me round? | This list may net wa Lavignes or Bat Nelsons, | 10t exact | bolognas. | Perhaps Leonard the entire group w flourish of his talenter could de ce would seem that ma £ thinks so. M. Otls Q. Public, ho is a tunny critter. He likes | Aoy shown | tehing.” ac.| A Etlfling stagnation is coming | 2 & %7 | over the heavyweight and the light- 1 e LorConnpll we Dempsey and et ff";'\ Ay ““y“:_‘mv {iy conaralatiouia a0 oneiot two thins: | | Either make good their threat to | the Philadelphia ' 3 | re st. f ng ht filed applica- retire or art fighting | iteher of , last n hr SEEET———e— n‘ Everything for the Boy GLOVES, PUNCHING BAG A SKATES [ | Art Pilz's Smoke Shop h Commissioner La statement in organized , Who came to the Athle 1918, was suspended in June, because he left the club with- nd ed outlaw. rmission a (cu CHARLES You Do LoOK { So SPIFFY IN THAT How to Start the Day Wrong k_.io_:;io COLLEGIATE J AS T FELT Going FRO™ TRAIN Ts Tme cFPICE | THINK (TS A GuY JUST ARRIVING HELLO COAT WHERE You AND SO Tw UTTERLY HE CAN T TALW. To ME Lice THAT | DON T cARE \ who wE s 'BRIGGS € DAY WAS RUINED - MAYBE HE HAS HAD A PiEcE , OF ROTTEN : LUCK MAY 16.—A dozel years ago a lad named Benjamin| Leiner volunteered to take the pl Alwuys opposed to She | fighting, Leonard said, his mot had renewed her pleading that quit the ring and the condition “My fighting has come down to a | her health made it imperative “’ After 'S5 that and | family council, the statement said;’ the love of hearing the three cheers was decided that he retire permds| Freddy]| The bout took place at the Ritehis Jonnny -Kitbanel) | Young Rector, Leo Johnsen, Young Ritchie, Joe Malone, Jimmy Duffy, Hel Coogan, Charley White, | ) ] of ringy hit es g Y] 0 od ctivel the jutt May| box-| ) th con- kept the ight -, his but and Ting. that w u glish the later Eng- than al Nine § | 1 [ ou o, Jos - oo S Fi¥