New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 31, 1925, Page 8

NATS TO USE REGULAR LINEUP AGAINST COMPANY G TONIGHT— NURMI TO TAKE PART IN BOSTON GAMES “EVENING — MONTGOMERY KNOCKS OUT OPPONENT AND BERLENBACH ALSO WINS — PANCHO PUT TO SLEEP IN WATERBURY BOXING BOUT GENARO SAYS HIS LEFT HAND WINS |F0 NURMI WINS, BUT SHOWS NO SPEED IN NEW'YORK RACES TOMMY CLAIMING * WORLD'S TITLE Gibons Amounces He's Through With Light Heavies Plant and Ritola However Are in Rare Form—Fly- ing Finn Agrees to Run in Boston Meet This Evening. By The Ascoclated Press. New York, Jan. 81.—Paavo Nurmi of Finland established a record of difterent hue when he tailed to break any existing marks in a one and \ mile race at Morn- | C. games last night, his ¢ belug no more than By The Associated Detroit, Jan Tommy Gib- bons made definite claim to the world's heavyweight boxing title fol- lowing ‘his defeat of “Tiny Jim" Hermun here last night. He bellevas | he is the man whose record entitles him to the crown Jack Dempsey hus not defended for more than a and which the champion 15 de ing ho will relinquish next May. defense of his claim, Gibbons pro- I poses he is ready to meet any logi- cal contender for the title, indic ng that he believed Harry Wills at he head of the list of men who | t challenge his claim. He 1s dy to box Wills, he declared. | making claim to the heavy- | weight title, Gibbons also announc- ed he was out of-the light heavy- weight ranks and that he had with- wn forfeit moneys he had for: | merly posted for matches with | some of the men in the light | heavywelghts division. One of the | funds drawn down was for a mect- ing with Gene Tunney. | Gibbons' decision (o eliminate | himsclf from the lighter the flying shores etdown in Ray would them easily, d made no ontent with games and first time &i fou ared upon there was an apprecial their activity and Jol bave run away from Paavo started slowly haste, evidently having appeared fAnished the rac Reports during that Nurmi was suf injured sustaine ming in a pool and that he nursing a cold, both of which cultles would keep him out competition, But his frie vailed upon him to start Morningside club 1 1 Plant and Rit a at th in front. meet dec er i 1 ing an while swim- also was leg 1 dr Is cause the s entry, ola Ritola, ptional form, ated Ugo Fri- , beating his own rec 1-§ miles, e in 1920, by , and running a two-mile race in which the icap man and lapped tne field at the finish line. He missed the record by a couple of seconds Frigerio, Olympic champion walk- er, was not entered but had vee bally agreed to participate, accord- ng to officials. While the meet was in progress he is belicved to have been on his way to Boston. Nurmi and other stars will run in the Boston A, A. games tonig! division | came at the end of his training for the Herman bo In preparation | for this go, as an experiment, he| reduced as far as he thought desir- | able and “dried out” as possible. The result was 179 pounds. Some of “ibbons' train- ers thought he had drawn too fine | for a fight even against a man of | Herman's class. | Gibhons feels the New York promoters, New York boxing co! at tempting to some of the heavier men into the ring with him for the | bout in which he ecventually met | “Ki follk is a part of the basis | | for championship claims | “I have been open to meet any of them in t Gibbons de- | ed in m leclara- | as open to mect a ight contende | 1 am open now to meet any men of the class who will get into the ring | | with me. Wills probably is in the ola, | of | experience known to the Boston Meet , dan t magnitude, incl greatest of dist ners, Joie Ray, America's miler, Loren Murchison, sprinting champ, with Ugo Frigerio, Jtalian walking champion, and W He Plant, premier American walk- er, are hilled among the leading at- | lead for consideration for tractions of the 36th anmnual track |and I am ready to Lox him. games of the Boston Athletic asso- | and Jack Renault are other possi- ciation here tonight, bilities and I have been, and am, Nurmi will attempt to add the | open to meet them. two-mile indoor record to the string | “It is not a crime to claim some. of 15 world's records he has set|thing that is lying dormant, is it?” | during his American invasion, when | Gibhons commented, when asked if | he faces Gunnar Nilson, who defeat- | Lis introduction befora the Herman ed him recently, Aug claimant” of the heavy- Ilmar Prim, all of f he was picking American A. C. in a special tw crown Dempsey was abdicat- | handicap event. Joic the record of 9 mi onds for the distance, will no pete in thi Willie Plant, Frigerio, the Italian walki plon, in the Millrose gar day night will be pitted against the foreigner and a field American | walkers in a special 3000 meter T \ Nurmi, 1 | cla indoor nt y never be champion of the his parting shot after it plain he did claim over Ugo the ut 1 want to tell you 1 g cham- | have Kkiddics at home es- | world's champions all the time.” title five winner that are FOOTBALL ALONE MAKES HONEY FOR YALE UNIV. Report Joie Jole Ray w seventh victory in e feature of the many years, agair cludes Watson Lioyd Hahn, T3 Connolly of W 10- for lash for the Brigg's trophy, indoor champion hoolboy fiyer, Ry To Run | ript to gain his Hunter mm_‘ rames for | Financial A6 at New Haven TUniversity Discloses $600,000 Grid Redeipts, N Have Jan. 31.—That foot- | ball is the only sport at Yale univer- sity that is showing a financial profit s disclosed yesterday when two cial statements, one of the year the ot} June v Professor C. of the Yale University Athle and published in Week show W en Murchison end TFrank Hussdy, are scheduled to fac eastern sprinti The two of w sehool qua many tra and Yale mc mile route evening. mile relay versity, whi past week, onds from t swaps batons 2 Andover and E only schoolboy ey In the on team fac relay ecar college or W. A g together Harvard or the two itional e of r two- for the 1 of $49,444. 4 a nct 5 and s of zetown uni- | 1ces in the [for the year $20,425.06. The report higher football expenses, n the foothail net revenue by | a and the Olympic bow! and adily increas- 1o € the com- out for com t all ccounted income for both years was |to be about t The foott ntinu ¥s its own expenses, t of the other spotts f ye ing triangular rac FIGHT AT FOOT GUARD © same. $6 eport the carries For net Rorty and /Gallivan Match Shevlin 4And Ryan For Main net s for : th 4 the 494 foothall and for Bout Neat Tuesday Evening In Hartford. On next Tuesday e gacs in this section will show at the Foot Guar Hartford when the Atlas A. i Rorty and Gallivan as matchmakers, put on four high grade bouts. The feature event will bring together the gensational Boston battler, Eddi Sheviin, and Paddy Ryan of Pitts burgh. They will step 12-rounds at ¥ 349 pounds. Eddie claims and de fends the New and welterweight fitle while Paddy has yet t# be de feated, so a stiff fight | % The 10-round semi B between Mulligan " Frankie O'Brien TO WEAR STEEL FACE GUARD Boston, Jan. 31. — Howell Van- Gerh the Boston Athle lation team of the Unit Amateur Hockey 00 , who was injured recently in'a game with the Port Pitt team ig Pittsburgh, will wear a steel face @Mard in future appearances on the he announced. An nation disclosed that red four fractures e h ] States Hot Velley Contests At Povs’ Clbh Toanicht i Hartford and tively, | Melbourne, Australia, Jan. 31.—W. il step in the 1 A McDevitt and Major Goodsell have B Your round preliminary also is card- been matched for a world's sculling [champlonship race. to be rowed on [the Ciarence river on March 17. In addition to the champlonship there will be a side bet of £200 K respe pound ¢ ne, of | WINS ON FOUL PBrighton, England, Ja 1. Bombardier Wells, the fighter, last night won on from “Soldier” Jones in R Pound of what was §30-round bovt. The qualified Jones. | ! | a the The world’s sculling title was re. linquished by James Paddon last nth to McDevitt on condition that » six: been 1 i ter meet Major Goodsell title at stake, { but that I Brief Sketches of Famous Stars ZACK D, WHEAT Brooklyn Dodgers Outficlder Born—Hamllton, Mo, 1888, Major league career — Joined Brooklyn in 1909, coming from the Mobile club of the Southern leggue, Has been with Brooklyn ever since, One of the oldest players in point of service in the majors, Outstanding feats—Finished sec- ond to Rogers Hornsby in batting during the 1023 and 1924 seasons. TAYLOR WILL BE PLAYING TONIGHT National Guards’ Regular For ward to Play Company G May 23, Mert Taylor who was not in the lineup Thursday night when the Terryville Legion defeated the Na- tional Guards 26 to 24 will be back with his teammates tonight when th ¢ up ugainst the Compan G m from Manchester. While the Nats have lost two out of town ganies, they are yet to be defeated on their home floor and Manchester believes that she will do it tonight, The Company G team is bringing down fits full squad, including An- geli and McCaffey forwards: Mulling also at forward; Norriss at center and Dutch Leonard and Benson, guards. The Manchester outfit 1s rated as a speedy one and thus far has lost one game, that to the Lyric of Hartford. Numbered among the victims of the Company G boys arc the Dixies of Hartford, the Meriden Lnde and Middletown. Les Woodford, former Suffield prep school star and now with (he Rule shop in the factory league, will | in be with the squad tonight and probably will get into the game. WESTERNERS LEAD 11 Big Ten Football Men Have Been | | Picked by Walter Camp for All America Teams { “hicago, Jan. 3l.—According to | rds, Walter Camp, in all the ing mythical l-America football teams, has a total of 44 players from the Of these, Mich he most, placing xt with eight, followed by and Tliinols with 1l Then came Indiana with four, | Ohio State three and Wisconsin and | lowa two apiece, In middle Dame has been Nebraska oniee west Californ on threc Minnesota and the west also honored twice And from the has gained a pla on. leads with §4 so- | had 74 and sylvania. is like- with 38. Then ton 5. well up the pite ot that it | ning out stellar teams ly, hasput but ten| of honor. D: same number. ave six. comes Mic T Cornell, quite st players on t mouth vy and Colgatc GIBBONS IS WINNER 45 con Y tF hoasts the Gives Away Pounds -and 10 Jim | | Years, But Flattens Tiny Herman in Detroit, 31 —Tommy Gib- | pounds and 10 * Herman, in a night but stopped t in the third round ch so hard that Herman up for five minutes. Herman was' down for a count of three times in the second and was knccked down once final punch in the third 11791 and wi did not v Hot Volley Contests At Boys’ Club Tonight | Aron Eskimos, cheered | e snowy weather which secems of good luck, will with Bill Fre- or the lcade b volley This 1 second week of both these teams ha their matches last 8aturda 1 nte d. Th ‘owboys are reported to have been | grooming their mounis during the | week and are confident that they | could outride even the Four Horse- | m but the Eskimos, declaring that they will not be made into bucking bronchos, are determined not to stand any “riding” even from | the spectators, The cellar “championship” will be | ck which Ray Anderson’s Cot- | Pickers and Superintendent Dwight Skinner's Farmers will seek to pass each other. Mr. Skinner has given out a warning that his agriculturists intend to start their spring planting early and will bury the southerners under a big score. | Ray, however, is pinning his hopes in his new uniform and refuses to be picked on, Quite True Chemistry professor: you me about nitra t: Well — er — than day | n's s eve lusty Cowboys the Boy of 18y, 1 hot ¢ st is expect What can ide | weight, bantamweight and feather- | *One t | tralned some horses ar | jockey welght | contest in Hartford. MER| ¢LYWE&6I<T \\ N CHAWPION \\\ (BY JOE WILLIAMS) When Frankie Genaro was win- ning his amateur champlonships he spelled bis name De Gennaro, which is the family style, After turning professional his name appeared in print so often and in so many dif- ferent ways, it finally was bolled dpwn to Genaro. Genaro is the smallest of all champions. He does 110 pounds as naturally as a LEuropean statesman takes to an American loan. Genaro is smaller than I'rankie Mason, who first brought the flyweight title into prominence in this country, and smaller than Jimmy Wilde, the Britisher, who has been generally cepted as the greatest of all fly- ghts. o get matches the tiny New York Ttallan battles jn three classes—fly- | | weight. Genaro has the Indian sign | on Pancho Villa. Three times he has beaten the Filipino, and if the meet again Genaro will be heavily backed to win again. I saw Gen give Carl Tremaine, a g ing lesson in Madison | Incidentally, Genaro probably kept | Tremaine from winning the bantam- | weight title. Tex Rickard brought Tremaine on from the west with the | idea of building him up into a card. He matehed him with Villa but Villa sprang a flat tire and Genaro: wi substituted. All Tremaine had to do to qualify for a bout with the champion was to whip Genaro, Tremaine Would Haye Won Winning from Genaro, Tremaine would have been a sure sliot to take Joo I, the t-fading title- didn’t win and the | went another amweight, Goldstein, who won the title in 15 rounds. Any one of three or four bantams could | have taken Lynch that night. It was &imp the first one to get a crack at him. | now with Benny Leonard, d, stands out as the smartest ring genceral in busitiess., s not a puncher. He has d out but five opponcats all | g his carcer. Mostly le wins with his noodle. “I know I not a puncher,” Genaro tells you, | “but I have the kind of blows that | win poir and points win titles.” Genaro thinks his left hook to the chin is the most telling blow he lands. “I knocked Villa down with it, and T knocked out Dushy Gra ham, Bobby Wolgast and Harry 1 using the sama hook.” retired Leonard Genaro's inspiration, and champion has secn the fight most of his ing about Benny alwa remembered s that he never started a punch without an idea behind it. | To me this always scem@d more portant than puttir a blow. Power is all thought is better, A power punches miss their mark, thought punches never miss.” Doesn’t Think Villa Is Remarkable | Genaro does not share the | opinion that Villa is a remar he is a good 1S a serious we ter with 1o be d little the am s been | the mite | light weight | right, lot of popu E 1 remark- ness deseryes call | | able h y 1 If Villa were against my it But he t as casy defens: first g him time. Ganaro 1 truck. amateur boxing for might still be in tl ness. I er that or joined out as a his first ambition. j to ed to dri That was | He rode and| Fighting offered more f now it is bringing In more than any sort of jockey's could possibly command. and | money | tion | | SOUTH CHURCH—ST. MICHAELS, | The South church basketball team has arranged a home-and-home series with the specd Michacls Five of Hartford. The Eapitol City boys will come down to New Britain and play the locals at the Boys' club Wednesday evening, while no date has yet been fixed for return The Masc “George, is there but love?" “Nothing in al| world — where's dinner any the wid wide] * — Ham- the towel stomach. Stephens agreed to continue. UR TEAMS YET T0 TASTE DEFEAT | ternoon Gommercial Bowling Ledgue Averages Out Three teams are tled for -first place in the Afternoon Commereial league at Rogers' ulleys, these be- ing. the Gascos, Parker and Buckey and the Telephone company each with six wins and no losses. A fourth team also is in first place with no losses, but as the N. B. Trust com pany has played but three gamoes PANGHO KNOCKED oUT IN WATERBURY FIGHT HIGH SCHOOL TO . COMBAT WINISOR Game Will Be Played at Local Gym. at 8 p. m. . Snyder Administers Sleep Producer —Stevens Is Winner In Bout With Sutton. Waterbury, Jan. 31.—Barney Sny- der, of Boston, substituting for Abe Goldstein, former bantam champlon, | kngcked’ out Kid Pancho, of San | Antonio, Tex., In the tenth round of the scheduled 12-round main bout here last night. Sheik Leonard, of Wallingford, won the decision from Chuck Burns, of San Antonio, in the 10-round semi-final. Brookie Stephens, of San Antepio, scorcd a technical knockout in the sixth round of a scheduled 10- rounder with Harry Sutton, of drooklyn. Sutton's seconds threw into the ring. Tighting s suspended in the first round when Stephens dropped after re- ceiving a punch to the pit of the Referce Bill Conway, of Hartford, ruled the punch foul but The High school basketbal] team takes on the Windsor High school five tonight at 8 o'clock at the High hool gymnasium. There is a slight change in the local’s lineup, due to graduation, but the nucleus of the team is intact and another string of victorles is preflicted by fellowers of the Red and Gold. There will be a prellmlnary game in which the High school &econds tackle Lewis High from Southington. The lineup for the big game: New Britain, Windsor. Belser (capt.) . . FFenton Left FForward Darrow, Gennette .. Right Forward. Neipp, Scully .... Center, | Gripp, O'Brien .. | Left Guard. | Zehrer, Haber Right Guard. BRISTOL MAN WINS Monaco Defeats Brennecke of This Snelgrove Red Gaven, substituting for Tom- my Jarrett of New Haven, won a close decision from Jiggers Palladi- no in the six round opener, WILL DEMPSEY QuIT? « Burnham . Stuart His Manager, Jack Kearns, Is Doubt- | ful If Champ Will Retire When Wedding Bells Ring. City in Five Out of Ninc Games | in Statc Match, Los Angeles, Jan. 31.—When Jack Dempsey loses his punch he will be retired as heavyweight boxing cham- pion, and Jack Kearns, his manage | Games in the Connecticut Class A. | bowling tournament rolled at the | Center Recreational alleys in Bris- Will tell him when that is, Kearns | to! last night betwoon Monaco of announced last night in an interview | the Bell city and {3’9“"““ of giving his opinion of the hue and H}Zfi‘i ;;:i:gvgw i v’.?fiu:fif:‘fflf cry recently ralsed over Dempsey's | Crasher losis plandiw . repeated admissions that he and ‘A\IIO;J?M)'! Dllnlull \:'axs J'\l\] v;hllc that telle Taylor expected to be marricd | Of his rival was 928, Their scores: soon, and that he “would probably | Brennecke—93, 110, 109, 101, 117, quit fightin, bout the same time. | 94, 93, 101, 110. Tota) 628. Admits Marriage Is “On” | | Monaco—80, 122, 99, 91, 108, 121, Kearns admitted he was resigned | 124, 122, 127. Total 993, to the fact t Dempsey intends to | R e SiE i SR Fi ac;rrfis.| I’ri\"lll( S ],\:11&;‘. l(urumo: e expeets to hear wedding bells, [ splendid “after hol ¢ bargains, but he ot believe their jingle will | Almost any wish or desire may now =ound the knell of Demp: ring | be gratified at a saving by using carcer. (his medium, Second Honeymoons - GO RIGHT DOWN AND WHY THEY DON'T SEND OUR TRUNKS UP - =1 CAN'T Do A THING UNTIL | GET OUT oF THE RTY TRAVELLING CLOTHES IT'S CoLD AS AN 1 SERVICE | MUST ULl BET THEY'LL You CAN FIRD YouR ALl AFTERNOO OWN THINGS -+ FUNNY You COULDN' T FIND G P t _GERVICE - is still at|, { 1iton Royal Gaboon. BOX HERE Too*- SWELL TING MY THINGS HERE = SWELL they cannot be placed with the others. The league standing and dividual averages follow: N. B. Gas Co. vee 6 Parker & Buckey.. 6 Tel. Co. vuvuvis N. B, Trust Co. Mohican Bakers N. B. Record Post Office No. 1. N. B. Nat. Bank . N. B/ Herald Post Office’ N . 256 High single, Joe Peidl 118, high three string 323, high team single N. B. Record 319, high tcam three strings, N. B. Gas Co. 916. Individual Average Hunter . Wojack .. McCormick McAulife Olander Pupple ... Strohecker Peidl ... Kraus Wacker W. Wojack Venberg .. Bertini ... Olson Crané ..... tobinkon . Anderson . Filon Dickinson Strigle Carlson .. Abrahamson . Burns Ring Stammers { Mytdozinski . Hoffman . Smith .. Larson . A. Hadigan MERIDEN Y. M. H; A, HERE 304 294 280 208 .282 274 8 9 67 Will Be At the Armory To Try Cons clusions With National Reserves The much-discussed and much- delgyed game between the Meriden Y. M. H. A. and the National Guard Reserves will take place at the ar- mory tonight in preliminary to Com- pany G, National Guards. This crack Meriden team comes to New Britain with an unusual record. In Meriden they are called “Passaic Jrs.” Although they have lost three hard-fought games, ecach opponent outweighed them h y. The Re- serves will put up their usual hard- fight to put this game in their win column. The lineups: Meriden «++» Kolbin right forward .+ Levine, Kaplin left forward Finkelstein Gerokowski Goldner center Alderman, Zietz guard . Cohen, YFeldman left guard Referee—Walters, Zeldon ... SAY 7| leading candidates. 5| have enough outficldens .on the ros- FOR PRELIM. TONIGHT WHERE'S MY ST, LOUIS HAVE | DUTHEN CHANGES Rickey Has Made No Outstand- ing Trades By The Assoclated Press. 8t. Louls, Jan. 3L~—With no out- standing trades made by Managuer Branch Rickey to strengthen the hurling staff, the St. Louls Cardi- nals appear to be little stronger for this year's Nationpl league drive than in 1924, when they finished in sixth place, ‘The hitting of the team last sea- son was good and the fielding at loast average. The pitching gener- ally was considered the weak link, | Although several new hurling pros- pects are to peceive tryouts, beésides which Dustér Mails, veteran south- paw, has been obtained from Oak- land, the outlook us a whole is un~ certain in this respect. Of the vetenan twirling talenf, Dickerman and Sotheron pitcheyl fairly good ball last season. Tlye others who will be back are Haings, Sherdel, Stuart and Dyer. Neweoni- ers on the staft include ithem, Day, Shields, Clough, Wigington and Hju- lahan. Mike Gonzales, the Cuban, is ex- pected to do the bulk of the cafch- ing this yean Others on the list are | Niebergall and Clemons, with the team last scason; Viek, requl from . Loulsville; Bool, from Kort Smith and Holm, if Rickey decldes to use him behind the bat. The team’s main strengiih lies about the infield, with Bottom.ley at first, Hognsby at second, apd ¢Cooney at shortstop, considered as hxtures. Hornshy led the National league in hitting last year for the fifth conse- cutive time with an. aveyage of .423, the highest mark in ' modern big league history. Coonéy set a new National league fioldfng mark for shortstops, while Bottojuley was rellable at bat and afield Third"base is an open’ question with Freigau, Lester Bef and Tor porcer, the bestectacled fnfielder, as Befl, who was recalled from Milwaukye, seems to Le the probable choice, because of his hitting power. Hi led the American Association last year with an average of 365, Another problem fon Rickey to solve is the outfield. “fhe Cardinals fer for two or thred tefims, but their | quality, with a few, exceptions, fs problematical. Blades, Douthit, Ha- y, Holin, Mueller, ' Myers, Shin- ners and Jack Smibh comprise the candidates. 5 | Smith is consideged the pick of | the lot and almosty certain to start | in right, with Bladgs, the former in- ineldcr. in left.- Cemterfield i8 uncer- tain, especially #ince Rickey m: shift Holm, who fifaished in that po- sition in 1924, wehind the bat. | The Cardinals 'will train at Stock- | ton, Cal, where ‘they will gather on or about Febragry © A schedule of 27 exhibition games has been ar- ranged on the jPacific éoast. | — |Naked Saflor Picked | Up Far Out at Sea Washingtoy. Jan. 31.—The sub- marine V-1, cruising in the frecz- ing black «arkness off Thimble shoals on the night of January 20, | swept her scarchlights over the sea surface, in response to a cry | for help, apnd discovered a Lasca) |scaman dinging to a barrel and being tossed about by the waves. Reporting today to the navy de. partment, Lieut, Commander Pick ing said the sailor was lost over | board fram the British steamshij Luceric, He was delirlous and naked sxcept for a thin shirt when picked up. He was transferred to a pilot boat off Cape Henry. | | ( B riGHT UP SUITCASE - - You CouLD Have BROVGHT THAT UP WITH YO SEE You DiMNER i ~N 0 1t