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THREE FACTORY LEAGUE GAMES TONIGHT — STRIBLING AND DELANEY MAY GET TOGETHER IN RING- FRIENDS, FAIL TO DEFEAT GASCO FIVE — AMATEUR BOXERS CLASH TONIGHT — LOU BOGASH GETS REF What Will Culer And Yde Do This Coming Season?|- CHANGE AFTER THIS EVENING HANTTONATGHUP BRIDGERORT BOY Hove o Heve Delaney Fight Stribling I Afoot 833 s .600 | Much interest has been shewn in .500 'the boys' all-around contest that has | .500 just finished at the Y. M. C. A.| .200 |In all 106 boys took part and some E G .000 (good were records made, The fol- ight will mark the end of the |lowing is a list of the winners and bitter first round of the Industrial |the class in which they won: Basketball ieague at the Y. M. C. A. | Juniors. Also first place will become the prop- E. Kloiber . erty of one team for at least a week. The battles of the evening promise to be the most bitterly fought of'the | league so far. { The first game will begin at 7:30 | p. m. and brings'together the Stan- ley Rulers and C. C. L. This will be a good game as C. C. L. gs fighting | hard to get back in the lead with Landers and P. & F. Corbin. Mur- dock will have his boys in great form with two weeks' rest and some fire- works are in sight for the opener. The second match of the evening i e e ella whe ) o " ‘e s i ereny ‘ > |most hotly contested only 2 points men will stack up against thetr only | oo o0 T and o g opponents of first place, Harry Gins- |5 Por? nd place and borg's P, & . Corbin quintet. Luke|L Point between znd and 3rd. e tasr assne mame 1o ur. 1t |LOU BOGASH GIVEN THE | VERDICT ON FOUL BLOW over the taller Lock makers. .NC‘;N) Middleweight Had Comfort- Winner of Corbin-Landers Game Will Be Supreme— Two Other Fast Games (arded in Dusty Circuit. Standing to Date w. Pe. .833 P. & F. Corbin Stanley Works . Stanley Rule 6 1st. 2nd. 3rd. 1st, 2nd, 8rd. T, Nevulls ,.s0s Curtin ceesee High School. T. Wessels R. Varsell ... V. Mondjeska . Employed, “A. P. Klopp 2nd. G. Bromberg . 3rd. J. Matulis 1st. 2nd, 8rd. 1st. 93 The third match will stack the fast traveling R. & E. team against Hal Corbins waning Fafnirites. It is ex- pected that R. & E. have a very good opportunity of winning their first game, while the Fafnir crowd will be anxlous to win back much of their former prestige. TRIPLE TIE IN GIRLS' BOWLING LEAGUE HERE This Is Due To Be Broken \\1|en‘ | able Margin When Refcree Halted Contest, Boston, Feb, 17.—Lou Bogash, of Bridgeport, defeated Tiger Flowers, negro middleweight of Atlanta, Ga., here last night, winning in the third round of their scheduled 10-round bout on a foul. Bogash went down suddenly as he pair were engaged in a fast mix- p near the ropes. Referce Jerry Moore immediately awarded the de- cision to Bogash, declaring that | Tlowers had struck a low left hand | The Stanley Works team of five 1oy, Bogash was completely out. | matdens, who are in a triple tie With The round had gone 21 minutes P. & F. Corbin and Stanley Rule, 1 girls for first place n the ! Dusty league will find opposition when they meet the Fafnir lassies tonight. A double win for Stanley Pins Start Talling This Evening. Flowers was leading on points by a_comfortable margin as a result of | his aggressive tactics when the al- leged foul was struck. Bogash had been forced onto the defensive and Works will give them a comfortable an occasional right which parred 6f the other teams a chance to €5~ gvarcome the Georglan's lead. tablish a commanding lead in their | The second_match will bring to- | BO“L!NG AVERAGES gether the Skinner Chuck Girls who tory and the R. & E. lassics who have | Mudhooks Leading in League While | but one win to their credit. | Whizzes and Sweeds Are Tied For | | There followed a perfod of passing, field goal and Luke added another LEAGUELEADERSHIPDUE TO |BOYS CLUBTURNS TABLES ON HEIGHTS Trounced Them by 44~12-Re- serves Also Pile Up Soore The Boys' club basketball team, going at top speed, turned the tables on the Hoights of South. Manchester on the local floor last évening and avenged an earler defeat by soundly thrashing them to the ¢une of 44-12, In the fore part of the scason, this team defeated the New Britain quin- tet 30-29, in an overtime game, but last night they were no match for the club, and poor luck at shooting added to the lop-sidedness of the score. The Boys' club Réserves rolled up a record score in the pre- liminary by beating the Triangles of Farmington, 61-23, The Main Encounter The teams ' appeared matched at first, with the Helghts having perbaps the edge. The visi- ters broke up the home team's pass- ing and Larson stirred the cords with the first basket of the game. evenly dribbling, and guarding, after which Luke tied things up. Pete Kerelejza sent th® club ahead with another on a sensational side shot from near the staircase, Pete kept things go- Ing with another and the Heights called time out, When play was re- sumed, Nobby Nyborg came up the floor to sink a double-decker. Luke tossed in & pair of fouls and Ray Anderson made It 14-2 as the quar- ter ended. Nibby started the second quarter by making good on two foul at- tompts and then followed Wwith a field goal. The Heights slowed up the locals' scoring at this point by tightening their defense, but Ander- son and Kerelejza sank field goals to carry the locals’ scoring streak to 22 points, Wright finally scored for Manchester with a ncat shot and the fen-minute rest found the score | 22-4, The game had baen fast and oc- casioned by the unintentional per- sonal contact which is unavoidable in a contest of such speed and re- markable defenstve play, but it roughencd up somewhat in the third quarter, when dives and tumbles be- came the rule, Luke started things with a lopg shot, but Johnson and Grimason” each made a gingle- pointer, Luke came back with a sensational shot made when trapped with the ball above his head. Luke broke away and dribbled down thp‘ floor, Wright fafled to stop him | and took a swing, so Luke added | another point from the foul line. Anderson brought it to 20-6 at the third quarter. Kerclejza opened the fourth pe- riod with a field goal. The Man- chester lads were completely at sea and, rattied by the breaking of their ten-game winning streak, they | started to rough it up. Referee| Avery put a stop to this by sending HAZEN CUYLER; INSET, EMIL YDE. (By Art Carlson) Establishing a reputation 1s one thing. And liviig up to it is an- other. That is true in any braneh of endeavor. For once you have dis- played the “goods” you've got to cling to the pace or take a dizzy tumble. All of which lcads up to the 1924 performance of Hazen Cuyler and Emil Yde. Cuyler and Yde were tw hest young ball players to c the majors last season, Each was a star in his first year in big time, Cuyler by virtue of his sensational batting and general all- of the e into and knows how to use it. Morcover, he keeps his noodle working all the time. I think he'll go just as good next season, if not better.than he aid a year ago." The work of these two tots is cer- | tain to be watched with more than passing interest. They've. got repu- tations to uphold. It's their big chance. SOCCOLI TAKES LEAD * |Has 106 to 76 Advantage Over Hump Muldowney and Second Set Will Be Played Wednesday Night. lead, but two defeats will give cach Fiowers had not been sufficient fto | next games, | have yet to taste the cream of vic- | Standing To Date Pts. P. & F. Corbin e 8 The Stanley Works Stanley Rule & Level Vulcan—N. B. M Fafnirs . 3 North & Judd .. Russell & Erwin . & Skinner Chuck Company . CELTIC JRS. WINNERS Defcat Murphy's All Stars at Elihu Burritt Gym by the Score of 36 to 9. Elthu Burritt gym the C cated Murphy's All § Truhan and Mangan and were ably a m mates. McCarth At the tic Jr. d 36 to 9. the star: were at the guard po: as well as vine and Truhan, Koswick Tota D DIXIE GAME, Visitor from Vtnice Has Comments to make on Crowd. However. (Commun N n, Conn., po Dear few sportsmanshiy 8 —1 would words of 3 handled th able mann manship of t Was very unnecessary as there is not another man in the east that could have been more correct in his de- ciston in the fa game that was played. 1 was very p od to hear Mr. Lamphier say a satisfied with the way Mr. Dillon handled the. game. Anyone who did any razzing wants to try and referee a game and wee the strain it is and they will ap- preciate the position a referee holds, and show more respect. Your truly, HARRY ALCORN Venice, California. he w gHE MERALD CLASSIFIED ADS BRING RESULTS | Mitchell, Second Place, In the Herald bowling league last night the Mudhooks defeated the Sweeds and the Whizzes heat the Pr ionals and now the stand- ing is as follows | w. Ave, Mudhooks .... Whizzes 3 Sweeds ... Professors .... High single, Venberg, High three string, High team singl High team hooks, 643, | Ind Ring Venberg Murphy ...... Brandenbergei DiBren v3 i Lawson Dineen . Carison BOXERS ARE READY Pittshurg 4 e 3 173 3 il 2 174 112 Venberg, 283 Mudhooks, 194, three strings, Mud- vidual Averages Amateurs of and New York To Meect Those Who Are From England. New York, Feb. boxers of Pittsburg and 1d A a's end In in M and tomor- of Drit- 17.—Amateur w York an in n tonight , encountering a team ish champions invaders will comp light heavyweight r of 1923 and 1 r of the Olympic crown last r; J. Elliott, middleweight sion of Great Britain and run- p for the Olymple tilte in Par- O'Hankahan, welterwright E W, and G. Go- of ight try- ro H |ish titlehol of ner ightwe v this trip. iving In this city the who won two bouts and British lost two in a reeent tournament in heen working under Joe Bowket, former bantamwelght champ- ve T Boston their tr » world ion of t Gogay, one wil have his hands full when he ¢ ers Billy Linder, the Allegheny Murray Isreal of the Boston winner: count Mountains champion; champion of New York Island, and Tommy Lawn, York Btate leholder. Stanley ons of Pittsburgh 18 among the the ight- weight divis and 1.0 New m favorities in n. PENDENTS WIN The Independents last night ran with the Comets A. C., 58-13 the Central Junior high school gym. For the winners Landino starred with a doten field goals Clark and Alfert played well for | the losers. IND ¢ 180 | from the floor when he |foak a crack at Luke, who made good his foul try. Hassett made a | | pair of field goals and Houston one, | this being the Helghts' only con- certed rally. Luke with two and Kerelejza with one made up for this, [and Anderson batted in another aft-| |er a scrimmage under the basket. Captain Luke flung in another one | | from the remote stretches of the | | court, and Ray Anderson brought! |the count to 44-12 just before the final whistle. | Luke, Anderson and Kerelejza arred on the offense, all showing > eyes, Nyborg, fin addition to guarding, gave his usual ex- | hibition of dribbling and also got all in all it was a big| the club's “Prince of | Gotowala and Arburr con- Iy broke up the Heights' pass- the visitors never being able to ake the ball off the backboard for a following shot. | The Heights showed no individual | stars, but thelr teamwork was good | and their guarding close enough to |break up the locals’ attempts at| dribbling. Their one fault was that “L-)—wm\d» not—shoot After a| lot of tough luck on their shots, hey lost thelr heads and peppered away the hasket without aim, generally overshooting. The score: Boys' Club | Johnson six points; for | Anderson, | Kerele Luke, Nyborg, Gotowala, Arburr, Ig Pts 10 | 10 18 6 0 0 “ | Pts Hass 4 Jot Ho Larson, ¢ Cervina. rg Grimason, { Wrignt, 1g { 1 2| 0 1 2 5 12 | Reteree—Nate Avery. | The Preliminary | | The Reserves broke r scoring record by ruming up 61 points gainst the Triangles 6f Farmington and handing them a 61 lacing. The score at the end of the first half was 28-9, both teams speeding up in the second half. Bigge had a tremendous night, sinking 13 field | goals. while Captain Yakubowicz got even and Zapatka six. Parparian surprised the crowd by getting an- | other pair of baskets. Shaw and Rlose were the stars for the visitors, but the Triangles were cxhausted from a heavy sthedule and unable to give a good aecount of them- selves. The score: Boys' Club Rescrves | G. Bigge, If. F. Pts.| 0 b (Continued o2 Following Page.) ] “He's steady, Cool, Got lots of stul | safe hits grew few and farther round play and Yde through stellar southpaw hurling. And strangely enough, both were members of the same club—Pittsburgh, What will Cuyler and Yde do in 19257 Wl they live up to their de- but efforts? Dr will they fade out just as others have done before them? The match game last night be- tween Soccoli and Muldowney was & closely fought battle up to the last rack and Soccoli came through for |the first half of their tilt by the score {of 106 to 76. The next match to fin- |i8h up the 200 for Soccoll or 180 Those are some of the questions for Muldowney will be played Wed- carrying more than ordinary interest |nesday night at Rogers.' as the annual soutjland hike ap-| The game was late in starting but proaches. . | was over in good time and was wit- Looks Like Good Year nessed by a large audience, most of Recently 1 was talking with Cuy- them rooters for Hump Muldowney. ler. 'The question concerning the |Both players were making good shots coming campaign was put to him. |and received applause as each shot “Well, T don't know, of course,” registered. he replied, rather reluctantly. “But| Friday night Soccoll will play 1 am hoping that T'll have just as|Wolfe the same odds and will finish g00d a year as I did in 1924 their match next Monday nght. “I realize, though, that it will be tougher sledding. They'll be laying for me all around the circuit. I'm sure of that. In a way, I'll have to be better than I was to turn {n as good a performance, if you get what I mean. At any rate, I'm out to give the best I've got.” Cuyler, no doubt, is right. It will be a tougher season for him this | year. Oppoking hurlers have h whole campeiga to become acqu ed with the tot; to learn his likes | kes, his strong points and | ones. And they'll be work- ing every nook and corner posible, too. Bank certain on that Show Form Reversal Many a youngster has gone like a | house ablaze until he got 1o b known by enemy pitchers. But once | the gunners had a “line” on him, | DoN'T FEEL SUCH A GooD ToDAY-- No | ST UP Too LATR LAST NIGHT, d | tween. Many a newcomer has bla | a glorious trail during his carly days in the main tent, only to do a com- | plete reverse when his weaknesses | were learned; when the pitchers got to be on “speaking” terms with him. Last year Cuyler hit .354. He was fourth ameng the National loop regulars. He topped uthern Association mark of 1 by 14 points. A remarkable advance con- sldering the difference in classificas tlon. | Cuyler stole acks. He ranked second to the incomparable Carey, who had 49. Afield the youngster also did well, even though assigned to the “sun” garden, a tough post for most veterans. Cuyler stood next to Arnold Statz of the Cubs in as- sists wita 19, showing a stout whip. Yde Star Performer Cuyler’s hitting was one of the sensations of major league play. He kept up & terrific pace from early season until the middle of Septem- Wer, when an injured shoulder threw him into a slump. It handicapped him greatly. Yde won 16 games and lost three in 1924, He topped the gunners in both leagues. Like Cuyler, his work was of @ phenomenal nature. Speak- ing of Yde, Cuyler had nothing but AH~ WELL=- | DONT CARE -~ | THINK IT S ME QUITE A WHILE -~ @95 s Temons WL a great pitcher,” he said. |1. Ohlson, J. Spring, GOooD FOR RUNNING ~ JO\E RAY OR SOMEBODY - HE HAS BEEN FOLLOWING HO = HuM~ IM SLEEPY GASCOS LAY DO Deleat “Bar and Company” n Tilt 83 to 16 A game which has been hanging fire for some weeks was pulled oft last evening at the “Y" when the Lawyers falled to lay the law down to the Gascos In'the annual tit hey lost 38 to 16 and did not ap peal. “Keck” Parker, with boxing gloves, baseball mask apd ahin, pads, took the Toor at 6215 and chiled the combatante’ together for consulta- tion. Whatever was the outcome of the conference nobody seems to know. Some suspected that they were deciding who was going to ban- quet the losing team. However Keck Parker blew the whistle and the game was on with both sides work- ing the ball up and down the floor furlously until DBilly Greenstein jealled for time to lace his shoe. Nothing was sald about this time be- ing called but when it every five minutes, Keck Parker was suspiclous and called Blily aside It was noticed that no more shoes were laced. Stevie Dudack used everybody in the gas company exeept Jimmy Lynch, and Steve kept Jimmy busy with the score book tallying up goals for the Gascos. In about 10 min- utes he used up his pencil scoring | Stevie's goals, and time was again called until some one supplied Jim- mie with another pencil. Eddie Mag played for the Lawyers for no rea- son at all, but he was found on the floor after the game and had played about 15 minutes. Captain LeWitt decided thls would never do so he 1 hooked Eddie and eubstituted Dave Elllson in his place. Nobody knows when Dave passed the bar examina- tions, but Steve Dudack did not ob- Ject, so Dave was permitted to play, and during his brief time on the floor caged two fleld goale. Harry Ginsberg was placed at for- ward and also contributed one field goal to the lawyers' score. Harry made his usual long field goal from the other end of the gym, and there- after he was closely guarded by the Gaecos. The game finally ended with the Gascos on the long end, score 33 to 16. Gascos, F d Fl. Tt Dudack, If. . 11 Wojack, 1. ... e Restella, Sheehan, J. c. Barnes, J. 8heehan, rg. ¥. Wojack, 18 .... 1. Sheehan. ; 4 4 P : 14 Lawyers, o | 21 <} a e} =] Ginsberg, rf. . Greenstein, 1f. Cabelus, c. Mag, Ellison, rg. . LeWitt, 1g. . al hemen | wmosase Dave Johnson Leading In Foul Shooting Tests Fifteen senior Y. M. C. A, mem- bers participated in the foul shooting contest at the ‘Y’ last night with Dave Johnson winning first place with 14 goals caged out of 25 shots. Begley, Ewurtzel and Kenshall were tied for second with 10 shots; Krans and E. Johnson, 9 goals, were third. The Y. will conduct these contests every Friday and Monday nights from § to 8:30, A suitable prize will be awarded to winner each evening. Twe following contestants competed: E. Johnson, D. Jéhnson, 1. Koplowits, A. Marden, Karbowski, N. Begley, W. Delano, H. Konshall Krans, Ewurtzell, LaHar. occurred | | STAY UP So LATE AS NINE o'cLocK AND THAT |18 THE PAcCE THAT KILLS- HELWLO - THERE 1S JOE K1 S ToLm oF DEAR ouD HELSINGFORS - NE SHOULD PAY ME THAT DENESHKA NE OWES mE WN | FINNISH FLYING HORSEMEN LAW T0 LAWYERS| RACE T0 FOUR NEW MARKS PETERSON SECOND IN TRACK EVENTS Fails fo Break Record-Hall Pirst in ‘Gontests #bough Qscar Peteraon falled to break Hall'y técord Lo the half (2.28 25,9 he captuzed second pMce in the fast timg of 2.26 2-b at the Y. M: C. A, all arounds last night. Summary of the total number of points scored by the following men in the recent all-around athletic contest conducted for the past five weeks: First, Hall, 134 points; second, Connolly, 120 points; third, Delano, 98 points; fourth, Dufini, 92 points; fifth tled, Peterson-Dopla, 91 points; sixth, Elllott, 86 points; seventh, Spring, 76 points; eighth, Binkelwics, 75 points; ninth,. Idenhard, 67 points; tenth, Madrick, 37 points. Twenty-three set tors entered the contest and the above record for.the first 10 men, Gold, sliver and bronge medals will be awarded the three men scor- ing the most number of points at the annual athletic banquet to be held next month. RESERVES DEFEATED Lose in Game With Mcriden Y. M. H. A. and Third of Scries Will Be Played in This City. The National Guard Reserves lost 29-27 to the Meriden Y. M. H. A, in the Silver City last night. The two teams now are tied and a third game Is to be played here a week from Saturday night. The reserves played well, but the Hebs were four baskets better. The summary: Y. M. H. A, G, o Cohen, rf . Koblin, It . Muravnick, Goldner, ¢ Zletz, rg .. Alderman, rg Kats, Ig ..(. Arentlicherman, 1g . nlocooncss Totals Natlonal Guard Knapp, rf /oo.uues Finklestein, If .. Huck, ¢ Dineo, rg . Boagle, g .. 14 Reserves 9 5 4 2 2 2 Totals .... . Score by halves— National Guard Jrs. .. 11 9 Referee, McMeniman, two 20 minute halves. 11—22 20—29 Perlods, Handball Tournament Won by Loomis-Anderson The Robert Loomis-G. Anderson handball team defeated the E. Un- terspan-Rogan team two out of three games for the champlonship of the ‘Y’ last night. 25 doubles teams entered and were ellminated the past six weeks and the final game was played off last night. Score: Loomis-Anderson, 21-12, 12-21, 21-19 Gold medals will be awarded to the winners and bronze medals to the runners-up, Every month 5,000 children in New York city quit the public schools to start to work. | Wonder What Paavo Nurmi Thinks About NRBRVER SHALL | MAKE| MYSELF A FooL Like THAT AGAIN-=[T (S LIVING Too FAST WELL - | GUESS I1LL HURRY ALONG AND' GET THIS OVER WITH I'M Goig To GET T BED EARLY You BET AWYERS, BY EREE’S DECISION ON FOUL Ritola and Nurmi Do Grea: Work on Indoor Dirla Track—Hahn's Recenl Race Was Remarkably Achievement. , - By The Assweined o { Philadelphia, Febe 37.—~The fiy.. ‘hotapmen of Fluland, Paave Nurd, lapd 'Willle Ritoln, opened up & ngy fleld of athletic competion In thy Philadelphia College of Ostcopathy games last night when they raced te four new world’s records over an ih door dirt track. The athletic record: of the world fall to reveal any marks established on an indoor dirt oval, consequently the records set by th: two Finns will ba. etched upon th: records under a new classificatton, Ritola's performance was evel more outstanding than that display ed by the péerless Iaavo in that he scaled almost an unbelievabl height in running the three and one quarter mile race in 16:38, bettering the previous outdoor mark of 16:09 3-6 by 31 seconds. The former mark was established by Hanner Kolehmaninen, another Finn, Nox. 1, 1913 In New York city, Nurmi will recelve credit for es- tablishing records in the mile, mile and three quarters and the two miles He was timed for the mile in 4:35 2-5, the mile and three quarters in 8:17 2-6 and the two miles in 9:80 2-5, not particularly remarkable on the face of the performance but out. standing when the conditions under which Nurmi raced are tgken into consideraton, The mile and three quarteramark {s four-fifths of a sec- ond better than the fastest time ever made for that distance outdoors. The meet was staged on the 11-lap dirt oval in the 103rd Cavalry armory. The track is a mixture of dirt and tanbark and {s fiat, the turns not being banked, This handi- ¢apped the runners to some extent and the time made appears slow but it 1s expected that even though com- s [Detition continuee on indoor dirt it will bo some time before an Ameri- can betters the marks wade by the two flying Finns, Hahn’s, Great Rocord. By The Associuted Press, New York, Feb. 17.—~The world's record indoor mile racé at Madison Square Garden Saturday night by Lloyd Hahn, Nebraska product who now sports the colors of the Boston A. A, was the second fastest per- formance at that distance ever chalked up by an American competi- tor, indoors or outdoors. His time of 4:13 2-5 was only four-fifths of a 2 |sccond slower than the mark of 4.12 3-5 made by Norman Taber in 1915, which stood as the outdoor standard until 1923, when Paavo Nurmi cov- ered the course in 4:10 2-6. Hahn's performance emphasizes the remarkable improvement in the feats of American track athletes, stimulated by the spectacular work of Nurmi. Hahn had never-beaten 4.15 for a mile before. Jole Ray re- cently ran the fastest mite of his long career, 4:134-8, while such stars at Jimmy Connolly, Willie Goodwin and Leo Larrivee aiso have chipped seconds oft thelr best prev ous times in heart-breaking efforts to catch the phantom Finn or his rec ords. Pittsburgh may be added to Nur mi's indoor itinerary. He has under conslderation an Invitation to com- pete there late in March or early in April under the auspices of th: 107th Fleld Artillery. BRIGGS HERE ' COMES SomE~ BODY~- WONDER WHO IT 1S =\ FORGOT To Look AT THE PROGRAM 1‘0 SEE WITH WHoemM/ AM RUNNING* AH* PSHAW = NOUD THEY TELL ME | HAVE To RUN SOME MORGE~ | BET Don'T G&T To My B8D TiLn Ten o'cLocK - 2/7/&! : 7