New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 4, 1925, Page 9

Speaking of Sports i 1 ¢ ’ ‘P'he Russwin five scems to be un- cr full steam at last, After six (raight losses they took a gamo last veele and followed it up last night | iy handing a defeat on the Stanley Norks. The Rule Shop showed signs )¢ ife last night, too, but the loss { Walther on personals at the vitical moment lost them the game. 190 Walther played a great gume st night, turnipg in, perhaps the wst performance in either contest. le was in on every play, broke up nany passesand was largely respon- ible for keeping the Fafnirites away rom the bagket. ¢ Tfafnir presented some extremes ’1 foul shooting. Red Nelson had four tries and made them all good, On the other_hand, Anderson succeeded only once in ejght chances. I’au)l La Har, who played his usual speedy game, had a good night from 15-foot mark, making six of his it free attempts. Paul also show- od his rapid-fire dribbling, but he was unable to use this to advantage hecange of the tendency of the Russ- win guards, On one of La Har's lightning dash- s down the floor, a humorous inci- lent oceurred, Johnny Grip of the high school team was sitting on the side lines with his chair tipped against the wall, and as Paul came down the court he accidentaly gave Grip's chalr a tap which, slight though it was, proved enough to up- it and sent Grip flat on his back on the playing floor. “Bunny” Swanson takes a great nany tries at the basket from long range, but his eye is so keen that we don't but what he is justified. Henry Zehver, ex-high school star, {urned up to play with Stanley Works last night, but a technicality put him out of luck. The league rules require a player to have work- ( for the factory 30 days, and, upon vxamination, it was found that Zehr- «r had heen employed at the Works for exactly 29 da; 1t Woodford would only cut loose, 1o could be one whale of a player. with speed and aceur- acy, but there is something lacking and he gives up at the last moment when he appears to be blocked. Close guarding was the Russwin-Stanley Works game last night. The Workers failed to count from the floor diiring the first half, while the tusswin forwards were unable to count during the whole contest. The South church quintet i3 sched- (12d to stack up against the Colon- | fuls at the Boys' club tonight. The three weeks' rest for Landers is all to the liking of Mickey Luke ind Pete Kerelejza, for they are pla Ing through a hard spot'in the Boys' club sehedule just mow. Iriday night will find them facing the un- Iefeated Pirates at the Down-Town Loys' club, Newark, N. 1., and Mon- lay they will be back here to play thie St. Joseph's five of Poquonock. Paavo Nurmi, ruler of records, vill run one and one-eighth miles at ‘lie annual meet of the 106th infan- try In Brooklyn tonight. ITmmediate- upon finishing the event the re- markable Finn will start for Can- ada, where he will appear in Ham- ilton and Toronto. His journey will carey him through Buffalo, Milwau- kee and Clevelan Wiilic Ritola, Willie -Plant and Carl Clristiernson, other record- breaking frack artists, are entered in ihe Brooklyn mect, along with Jack- on Scholz, 200-metre champion of the Olympics, Vincent Lally, Willy Goodwin and almost two hundred other athletes. New Zealand’s Davie cup tennis team w play on American soil this vear for the first time in a decade, javing filed a challenge spec American zone play. In 1914 thg s lsnd sent a team headed Yy Anthony N. Wilding, whp later was killed at the Dardavclied. Ong then time Casey Giants, remarkable upon a with thc was credfrited vith seading a letter from the training camp to his moth- er in the north. Now the same is 11 at the rookie. I those who in years gonc v, it is hercwith repeated: They're starting to curve ‘em, nother, Will be home soon.” Martin Burke ing from an and and his bo Can You Sharpen Your Razor Blades in Ten Seconds? You can—if you use a Valet AutoStrop Razor ~the razor that sharpens its own blades. A few strokes on the strop— renew the edge. Valet trop Razor — Sharpens Itself Stengre door of a missed it vyweight, is suf- injury to his right it with Kid Norfolk exidenced in | in New York has been postponed Lo March 26, Al Bimmons, reported to be Eng- land's best lightwelght, will make his first American appearance against Stanislau Loayza of South Aherica in New York Saturday night, 8im- mons work®us have impresscd box- ing followers in this country, President Willlam 19, Humphries of the Olymple club of San Francis- co, after a conference with A, A, U. ofticlals in New York, has invited Britain's gregt athletes to participate in the senfor A.'A, U. track and fleld championships in the new San I'ranclsco stadium July 2, § and 4. Invitations have been cabled to Eric Liddell, University of Edinburgh; A. G. D, Lowe and G. H, B, Stallard of Cambridge, and Harold Abrahams of Oxford, Liddell won the 400-meter run at the Olymples although he failed dismally in his appearance at the Penn relays last spring, 4n the Olymplies he broke the world record twice, Lowe and Abrahams were Olymple winners d Stallard fin- o Nurmi in the Stanlslaus Zbysako, veteran Polish wrestler, was injured in the match he lost Tuesday night to Joe (“Toots”) Mondt. The ligaments of Liis right arm were torn. The right 1o challenge Wayne (“Big") Munn, heavywelght champion, was involved { in the match, The National Bankers Basketball title will be fought out between Chi- c¥go and New York teams in a series of games alternating between | the cities and beginning here March 17, the American Institute of Banking sponsors the tournament. Chilhowee, crack distance runner | which reached top form recently at the New Orleans track, and Elector, recently bought by the Labrea stable of Los Angeles, have arrived at San Diego, California, from New Or- leans to start training for theTijuana Jockey club’s schedule. Chilhowee holds two American records, for a mile and an cighth and a mile and quarters, ..cwmghvnwiAni Jack Delaney and Young Stribling have turncd down offers to substitute for Harry Greb against Gene Tlnney at St. Paul St, Pn‘r\ck's Day, The Greb-Tunney bout, set for March 17, was postponed when it was learned that Greb had been injured in a fight with holdup men near Pltts- hurgh. COLLINS' SQUAD WINS Lddie Puts His Players Through Hard Work and Players Get Good Experience, Chicago, March /4.—The first of a ries of conditioning practice games held yesterday at the Chicago | White Sox Camp at Shreveport, La., despite the fact that spring work- outs were begun there just three s ago. * Manager Eddie Collins captained | the squad which won 2 to 1 in a + tour inning me against a team led | by “Happy Gus” IForeman, Shreve- port. Ray Dearing, Bonham, Texas, and Leo Mangum, former Notre Dame star, pitched for the winners. Mangum knocked a two bagger and scored one run. Kenneth Ash, last season with y Mount, W. Va and Joubert Davenport, southpaw. did mound duty for the osers. Pitchers Milton Steengraffe from Caljfornia and Mike Cvengros, from Pana, 11, came into camp yesterday, increasing the squad to 22, Activities in the opening practice at the Chi- cago camp on Catalina Island, fornia, brought an epidemic of sore muscles and lame backs. Infielding practice was the vogue, ® Joe Westnerdge, lefthanded piteh- er, procured from Danville, Va., de- veloped chills and fever as a rosult of overwork and was ordered to slack up by Manager Bill Killefer, |Meriden Bowlers Best Y. M. C. A. Bible Class The Y. M. C. A. Bible class bowl- ing team journeyed to Meriden last night and thelr met defeat at the hands of the Fellwship club of the Meriden ** ™e matches were very closely fought out iosing the first game the New Brit- +lain hoys came back strong and cap- The third | tured the second match, match was close, with Meriden just nosing them out by 24 points, The Ihigh string of the evening, was roll- d by Leon Hunter who ran up to 24 in hie sccond string. These and the results will be different say the New Dritain lads. The scores: | Meriden “Y” 91 112 76 107 § e 83 90 94 81 81 93 29 38 W. Anderson . T. Maher ... Middlemas [Tracy 566 New Britain Y Fresen . Hunter .., . Glaeser ... Anderson Scheidler . . Anderson 83 T4 st 87 6 53 103 514 JIM MALONEY WINS VERDICT New York! March 4.—Jim Ma- loney, Boston heavyweight, scored a decision over Dan Bright of Fngland in the feature béut of a serics of six-round clashes here last night. Bright went to the floor in the third and fifth rounds. Ed Keeley, of Bridgeport, Conn., knocked out Jack Smith, of Los Angeles, in the first round and Joe (Mambone) Kelly, of HBoston, re- celved a verdict over Maxey Rosens bloom, of New York. LYRICS WIN LEAD Thfla% rics last night stepped into [ the 1egfl of the Hartford City league by defeating the West Sides 29 to 26. The game was closely contested throughout, but the Lyric boys held the slight edge that spelled victoby. IN PRACTICE GAME | Ka teams will meet again in two weeks | ROGE NEW BRI Carlson Yenberg Rrandenbergo Dineen Murphy Ring O'Drien Lawson Inck Itobinson McCromick Filon Robinson Olson Hoftman Matozinski Wacker Anderson Olander Hunter % l ¥ aus roheckor eldl .. Moore Stammery MeAulifle T Streigl a Smith Peterson Apelgren Burns Jays Gorman Elliott Warner Burns Nelson Dacolvin Owan Olden Roulier ir Bernier Girard Hofler I Wolf .. Jolnson Ed. Newin W, Wolt . Swanson Peterson Casper Peterson .. n Wolt Johnsen W, Wolt Swanson | | Curioni & anely nolds and after |y Giddix NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1925, On the Alleys C BOWLING ALLEYS TAIN HERALD LEAGUE (4 " 151 ¥ [T 1] 5 8 Mudhooks. Craes 80 97 1 145 Wihizzes. g 4 90 6 17 176 B, G, 279 N. B, Trust Co. 8 83 . 83 ate 285 Telephone o 3 Post Office No. At 36 80 91 454 11 Washers. s 86 “a Tnspection. 4 Tohnatone . 12 Fast Ends. A 90 2 The 108 Ri—= 100— 52— 89— 151— 484 n— 5 0'CLOCK COMMERECIAL LEAGUE 80— 268 85— $i— 15— 230— 810 $44—1312 85— 411—-1 241 “ | Kahms South Knds, Larson . ees B8 ” Linn . 8 . Reyeh . Long , . Hoffman . M. Bhine Young Seanion Anderson . © Larson 34— 978 LEAGUE Chiott Dowd White Kogelman Htolba = Carlson Rorgent Burns Rishop {Duke CASINO BOWLING ALLEYS RANGER_CLUB Chumps, Frank Kasprow MeCarthy Ross Roy . 418 COMMERCIAL BOWLING ALLEYS COLLEGIATE LEAGUE Patsy Rrome smithy Louls Hins 512 Harvard, Ermny e Pufflo “ R, Steve Dave 60 83 103 432 401 Cornell, Johy £, e Jol Toesk Unkel Charles | Frank Hence Holy Cross, .102 101 591 7 20 85 51 56 51 414 Trinceton. e £ sad 04 1 a7e Colgate. Los s1— 288 10i— 318 .98 Kaplan Knocks S_ml_th in | 11th; Pilkington Defeated Hartford, March 4.—"K. Q. Phil Kaplan of New York, last night | knoclked out “Rocky” Smith, of | Battle Creek, Mich., in the eleventh round of their scheduled 12 round bout here. Kaplan weighed 149 1-2 pounds and Smith 15 Tn the semi-final, Young gan, of Norwalk, knocked out “Kid” Lewis, of Hartford, in the I'sixth round. Mulligan weighed Mulli- 7| 121 and Lewis 124, 252 'lof New York, Johnny O'Keefe, of this city out- pointed Jackie Pilkington of Meri- den, in a fiye round preliminary. YALE HOCKEY CAPTAIN | New Haven, March 4—Fred A | Potts, 2nd, of New York city has | been elected captain of Y team for next year. FPotts plays | fense and was a regular on the 1924 land 1 champion teams. He pre- pared at St He 0 years old, weighs 179 and | feet 11 Herbert Walker Mark's school is is 5 inches tall. was elected a manager. WINS COURT TITLY By The Assol 2 Atlanta, its triumph of | versity of No basketball ¢! southern conference by defeating Tulane to 28, The gave North its third championship In four years of competition. 4.—Rerpeating the Uni- Carolina won the amplonship of the st season. 1aat victory Carolina hockey | sistant | 6 | president Brief Sketches of Famous Stars ROGERS HORNSBY St Louls Cards Second Baseman Major league career — Joined Cards in 1915, coming from Denni- son of the Western Assoclation, Outstanding feats—Hay led Na- tional league batters for the past five scasons, breaking the four-year rule established by Hans Wagner years ago. Hung up new modern record last season by hitting 424, 30 SWIMMING RECORDS ARE MADE IN FLORIDA 'his is Remarkable Accomplishment of Mermaids Who Have Been Lxhibiting There, §t. Augustine, March 4.—Thirty new swimming records stood today as the group of women swimmers who have been touring Florida for (the last three weeks turned their aces northward. The three weeks of competition opened with the natioual titic meet in the Alvazar pool February 10. 14 after which the swimmers visited Ormond, De Leon Springs, Winter Park,’ Tampa, !\Ilam* Beach and Palm Beach, Fifteen of the girls of the group were prominent point winners of the Olympic last summer. . Agnes Geraghty national 220 yard breaststroke champion, and holder of more breaststroke records than any other girl in the world, was the individual record smasher with 20 to her credit. The women's swim- ming association relay team also shattered eight racords. Gertrude Fderle, New York, aet seven new records, six of which were new world marks. Miss Iderle now holds fourteen world records. Ethel Lackie, Chicago, set six rec-) Martha Norelius, Olympic 400 meter, champion, three; Ethel Me- Garry, national long distance chame- pion, two; Sybil Bauer, Chicago, one; Karin Nillson, new national medley champion, one, During one week at Miami Beach, the girls coralled records, ! |Russwin Girls Take Two From Stanley Workers The R. Lassics surprised the Stanley Works' Girls last night and handed them a double defeat. Thils coupled with the defeat of the Stan- ley Works basketball team added more bitterness to the Stanley Works bitter cup. The bowling matches- were very close and although no high scores were rung up the margin separating the teams in each match w very small. The first game begin won by 11 points and the second one being won by 13 points, The scores Russwin & B, E. Beltz Anderson B. Aplegren | B. Bissrig . J. Johnson . Stanley W | T North | E. Brown Carlson Molchan Langren R. | AL B. | | :Detroitk’il‘eam Is Slow to Reach Training Camp | Augusta, Ga. March 4—Detroit's | players have been slow to gather, | with the exception of the pitchers, and the » can play as in- field e having double work to do the things Coach George McBride demands of them. The pitchers, of which there is an ample pply, are being worked easily, Me- Bride not allowing any of them to grace the mound in omni pres- ent batting practice. Manager Cobb | has not vet taken active charge. Pillette, ester Johnson, Jess | Doyle and hergill were the lat- arrivals, | est GRER CANCELS BOUT Paul, Mareh 4.—The ten- ween Harry Greb, 1dle- ampion, and G ney, heavyweigh here March 17, has reelled o i ries Greb recoived night when he Juished holdup men at st round weight ch light for sched been ¢ | becanse lay var five Pittsbu NEW PIGGLY WIGGLY P'RES, enn., March 4. —Sidney of New Orleans, vice- of Piggly Wiggly Stores, Inc., was elevated to the presidency that n at the annual directors & yes- | Memphis, 1 W. Souers of rporat meeti TW0 PLAYERS SCORE 4 POINTS AGAINST SOKOL Randall and Ramy of Cromwell De- feat Local Five By Score of 40 to 30 West Cromwell's Northwest A, C. bLasketball team came here last night as the guests of the newly or ganized Sokol A. C. basketball team and defeated their hosts to the tune of 49 1o 80, It was a well played game throughout and the Sokol boys | played very well, considering thel recent organization ter was the big nolse of the gamne with nine field goals and a foul for a grand evening's total of 19 points For the visitors Randall ran will and piled up a total of 29 points, leaving only 20 points for the rest of lhis team to make, Of these, Ramy scored 15 so it may well be said that Randall and Remy defeat- ed the locals, Northwest A, €, Ilield Toul Randall, 1f. 12 5 Riggott, rf, Ramy, c. . Miglioli, rg. Jankowski, 1g. ™ 29 15 Totals ......... T 49 Sokol A, * Field Foul TH Link, rf. Kamilla, Barta, c. Gabany, Papsick, Partyka, LS 18 Tolals «.... JAPANESE SQUADRON SAILS By The Associated Pres. Honolulu, March 4.—The Japan- ese training squadron, which 1 been on a cruise of the Pacific, has left for the Caroline Islands en route home. Havana’s filler crop in years—in your 1925 & BOND Blackstone Barta at cen- | |in the interscholastic basketball tours. ‘nnmrnl which opens at the Univers TRADE SCHOOL WINS sity of Pennsylvanla on March 14, it was announced today, Entries closed lust night. The latest entrants are Washington, D, C,, Central, runners up to West Philadelphia last year; Camden Catholie high, Parkersburg high, Baltimore City college and Baltimore Polytechnic. gy lust g JOHNSON HAS GREAT esiod and 'RECORD FOR 11 YEARS [ The winnors Jumped Into tho lead Bt} ~ gy, )y ion Margh 4.~The greste the opening whistle and were never | e P4 1 bt hraatanad it at haif-time | © ribute to Walter Johnson's bais ey alumni picked up | Prowess as a pitcher can be found somewhat in the second half, but the | ' ""“d";‘;;‘;’,:::’;n@l;‘:‘?" " trade school stayed out front. Bl il e, bCE h i ,‘, the scoring with | 4UTIng the season's piny ho has had fiold goals, whilo T Mu:n i [i& moas S auooseatul L year, = JoRHiNgy himself, held his opponent without a | Lo H0 B0 SOk Bevering. & outwelghed the Trade School but| g oo v oen years he won 25 or | lacked coordinated teamwork, - i ity niore games. = | Johnson's best season was in 1913, State > 50l A Al _“")"" School when he turned in 36 victorfes and JHSS, ¢ © | suffered only seven defoats, a most t marvelous record. The year previous he won 32 games. Winning 20 or more games for 19 consecutive seasons is a record of which few pitchers can boast, 1 Trade School Alumni 11d Anderson, rf, , 2 0 | Alumini Buried Under 24-9 Count In One-Sided Affair—=Welght Counts | State Trade school continued | 1ts winning strid | Bym last night [ ; LFor Naught Against Teamwork, at the high school by defeating the Alumni, 24-9, in a | rather slow contest score tour | Arena, | Tacobi, P | Kancewicez, If, .. | Lachelt, Bachman, Armento, Ig. 0 THOMPSON IS WINNER Averaging 110 and winning five out of nine games, Thompson de« feated I'risk in a special bowitng match at Rogers' last night. Frisk averaged 105, The scores: 1) 91, 114, 100, 114, 91, 96, 104, 114, 119—945, Thompson: 101, 89, 121, 94, 135, 115, 93, 138, 106—990, { F | Eric Anderson, 1f, Miller, ¢. (Capt.) .. Veterello, i Nelson, rg. Fresen, Ig Sandstrom, | = =i H 9 Anderson Nelson 3, Lachelt 2 | Personal Miller 2 | sandstrom 3, | Jacobi, Arena, Referee—Tohin, | t ‘ AUSTRALIA WINS. , 8. W, March é=——Auss tralia won the final game of & series of test cricket matches with Enland here yesterday by 307 runs. Enge- land made 167 runs in the firat snd | Pniladelphia, March 4.—Thirty- (146 in the second Innings. The Aus- | five high school and 12 prep school | tralians scored 295 runs in the first | teams have entered for chmn"lninn“m\d 325 in the second inningw, Veterello Armento Sydney, H. S. TEAMS ENTERED. 1 «+ < and then he changed te Blackstone ’ (= Real smoker’s hospitality} —what’s that? (From our own’Etiquette Book) Never offer dried-out cigars. Nevep ' offer “choked-draft cigars. Never of= fer ragged-burning cigars. Never offer a scatter-ash cigar. Never offer cigars loose from your pocket. We suggest this: Ask for a pocket package of § or 10 Blackstone Cigars. They're the safest cigars to offer—on all points listed above. You get fac- tory-fresh, foil-wrapped cigars when you open the pocket package. They're exactly the same mild cigars in qual- ity and shape as the Blackstones sold from cedar boxes. Changing to Blackstone bids goods bye to changing aroma, good-bye to bitter second halves, good-bye to ragged burning, good-bye to hard- drawing cigars or continuous match lighting. best Blackstone was a fine cigar §2 years ago. It was even finer 10 years ago. It is at its very finest in this year of 1925! CIGAR terday. (= Nap’s Sister Has a Responsible Position HRY oA HAD ANY EXPEAENCE?) WHY DONT NOU GUE MY SI5TeA THAT o8 % CLEAK EfE. A GuTilen 7 /jm‘- WHEAE. } GOLLY - SHE\ SHE. WORHKY SHE. | MLT BE 600D WAY 50 (OOD | THEN-SHE' THEY PROMOTED | WIAED- WHERE HER To ™' / D0 Nou 5AY_| SHE. WORNS P