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

Speaking of Sport The West Eides of Meriden fur- nished plenty of stift opposition for the Nats last night and the local tr;)'l' had to step plenty fast to win. However, thelr earned victory glves them added copfidence for thelr mateh with the Lyr!u in Hart. ford tonight, Tomorrow night the Lyries play the Atlas in New Haven, while the Nats lay off. Thus, the Lyrics may be a triffle weary when they come down to the armory Saturday night. The all around work of''Teddery” Klldu{(j it night was a featyre. He &ot a total of 10 peints from forward ond guard positions, Mert Taylor got badly hurt in the game and It required three stitches to close a gash in his eye, The Nats passed the ba)l well and showed good teamwork., Mot of Meriden's shots were long ones and in this White excelled The New Britain hoys made good on flve out of 10 free tries while Meriden copped seven out of 11 free ghots, There is some little criticism on the ontside as to the method by which the Dusty league selected the team to go into the state tourna- ment, However, if all the managers agreed this was the best way the others should worry. The Boys' club heads for Poquo- nock tonight for a return game with the speedy St Joseph's five of that town. The locals cepped their game Monday night by 52.22, but Poquo- nock has gone undefeated on its own floor for three years, and during that time it has faced anything but set. ups.” The floor is small and the § Joseph's boys shoot ay soon as they et the ball. Perhaps they won't when they run into the sterling de- the New Britain team. Bui . | tenge of perhaps they nt the Boys' fouls for One good thing club is that no technical voaching from the gide liy called on {t; their coach, derson, plays on tle team. The § h church-Lewis high bat- | tle Jast night was as fight as a game cun be, Two extra periods were quired before the locals won, and the feams w matched just that oth sides put np stonewall re. cvenly, defenses in the overtime seasions and the baskets scored were mads from freak angles Two spectator ine, incidental- | Iy—creatsd much amusement in this game by thelr comments on the | players, Whenever a man on ejth- er team missed a shot, hoth chanted | in unigon, “He's—no--good.” And if the ball went in. they intoned as| Qne, "He's—GOOD."” 4 . The basketball team, ! which won eone game out of seven, | * has decided to close up the sfason. | The squad held a weird final practice session last night and the first team defeated the subs, 52-16, sensational shooting by the referee featuring. Troop Nick Cullop, versatila recruit in the camp of the New York Yankees at 8t. Petersburg, would prefer some other position than center field while the team is in Florida. Yes- terday, while chasing a triple far into the weeds and to the edge of | the lake] he came upon a foot | alligator. Nick got back to the in- field before the runner had reached ond gase—but without the ball. Charley Crowley, who played with | T ————————— New Britain's Oldest and Largest Hat Shop {f il i “ SPRINGTIME lls Dress Up Time Top off your. new suit with a new Spring Hat— and get it at “Your Hatters” STETSON BERG BORSALINO CONNECTICUT HAT CO. 6 R. R. ARCADE We Carry a Complete Line of Trunks and Bags now has become hegd foetball coach !]at Columbla, made his first appear. door work would start April 14, Co. lumbla's squad of oarsmep, cut to 25, \will drop their shells into the Harlem river Saturday for their firpt work of the season In the open alr, University of Pennsylvania, victor over Yale last night, must conqyer Princeton on Saturday to obtain a tie with Colymbia and Dartmouth in the eastern intercolleglate basket. ball league race. 1 Mike McTigue, world light heavy. weight chgmplon, has appesred in New York to express his belief that Battling 8lkl, the Senegaless from whom he captured the title on a 8t. Patrick’s day in Dublin, will con- quer Paul Berlenbach, one of the hardest hitters in the game, tomor- row night in Madison Squars Gar- den. McTigue sald a knockout vic- tory for Siki would not surprise him, Borrow, famous old gelding, iy dead at the Harry Payns Whitney Brookdale farm in New Jersey, As a two-year.old in England he won saven races in twelve starts, one of them a dead heat with Sunstar; Der- by winner of the following year. At four and five years he captured lead. ing events on the British turf. Bor. row was returned to the United States in 1913 and the following vear captured the Saratoga and Yonkers handicaps. At the age of nine the gelding took the Brooklyn, running a njle and a furlong in 1:49 2-5 for an American record. At ten he led the field in the Ar- verne handicap. 0 Only three or four important matches, under the direction of the National Fixhibition company which operates the New York Glants, will be staged at the Polo Grounds this summer, President Stoneham an- nounced vesterday. Gene Tunney, Tommy Gibbons, Pancho Villa and Mickey Walker are mentioned as possible competitors under the match-making of Jimmy DeForest. Poland and Tndia have been en- tered for European zone play in the Davis cup tennis competition, bring- ing the numbpr of entries to twen- tv-one, two less than last vear. The lists will close Sunday. Word has been received South Africa will be unahle to participate but ne efficial announcerment has heen made by the T'nited States Lawn Tennis arso- ciation George Duncan and Abe Mitehell, British zolf professionals who have been tourning the Uniled States, have returned to New York from a brief visit to C‘anada and will sail for home Saturday. 1INLAD WINS HEAVY INAMATEURRANKS 1Captures Heavyweight Tourna- ment in Baltimore Meet Baltimore, Maryland, March 12.— Allen Linlad of Boston, won the na- tional junior heavyweight boxing champlonship in the annual tourna- ment of the amateur athletic union which opened in the 104th medical regiment armory here last night. Linlad hattered his way to the title by a deeitive vietory over Sol Leven- ky of the marine corpe. Levensky formerly was one of the star athletes at the naval academy in boxing and foothall The heavyweight ehampionship was the only one decided last night A lagt minute change on the part of officiale held the light heavy. weight and middleweight finals, which were echeduled for last night, over until tonight when tifleholders will be declared in all remaining cl the Levensky, by setting a fast pace in the opening minutes of the bout, gained margin enough te clineh the first round. He spent the greatest part of his force, however, and was eany prey for Linlad The Roston heavyweight rughed Levensky to the ropes early in the |second session and uncorked battery after battery of lefts and rights to the head and body, leaving the marine almost helpless. The third round was a repetition of the gec- ond All classee, excepting the heavy. weight, were carrisd to the semi. finals Jast night. Tna number of the divisions only a few houts took place, {the field being small The lightweight tourney drew the largest number of fighters and re- auired eight mills. The semi-final- ists are Juack Horner, §t. TLonis; James Connelly. Boston; Tom Lown, New York: and Murray Tsrael, Rich- mond Hill, N. Y. Boston, New York and £t. Louis scored heaviest in last night's matches. Saven Gotham hoxers sur. the running. Three of 8t Louis’ four entrants came through winners Georgetown university's three.man team, a contingent from the marine barracks at Quantico and the bar- racks at Annapolis and most of the Baltimore mittmen were put out of the competition PLANS CHANNEL TRY British Woman of 50, Alss & Grand- mother, Announces £he Will Attempt Difficult Swim Weymouth, England, March 12.— Mrs. E. Craven, who is 50 vears of ege and a grandmother, is the lat- est person to signify her.intention . of swimming the English channel thig summer. By profession Mrs, [} nurse and her hobby is" swimming. During the last two winters she has been bathing in Weymouth bay nearly every day, swimming to the pierhead and back 800 yards. and defving every sort of weather, some- tihes remaining in water fhgre than two hours Mre. tempt to ! Lulwarth miles, Craven fs the ey will at o ten Craven first of al swim a distan from Weymouth of vived and six Bostonians are still in | On the Alleys MOGERS' BOWLING ALLEYS Bweed, “arison T Venbos The 240 10— 31} Murphy Ring 11w 303 B8 268 | 10— B8 Lawson O Brien Brandenberger Dineen 188,108 153 P. & F. CORBIN FOREMENS Batt, &hepard Rentisy Riddin Porky Putney Levitt Zeigler Bruemmer Fpenre Dummy Allen Stipek Themas BT0 40T 5e-.1237 Facuteheons Relinsen S [ Borrow Dehm Teriy Frick 70— 251 10 3is 4441204 " ) 4N 4 Cheeks, I | Donlan Barbaur Cloek Kyritko Rush | Dummy | | Weerels Jackson Rackliffe Eearls Morton 58 a0 ang 114 39 42 FRATFRNITY BOWLING ALLETS SPECTAL BIG PIN MATCH | Colt’s, Hartford. | Sravens 179 160 Merwin 1 Wittman Kaeser Huber 140 485 154~ 408 184— 454 175 480 | 192— 53 | 1 | Rret Gireene Robertson May Nyack THIRD FINNSH STIR ON TONGHT Kryonen Will Race in the Three Nile Randicap % New York, March 12. — Finland #ends another of its great athletes fnto the scramblie for American fn- | door track records tonight in the | person of Willi= Kyronen, a figure | not unfamiliar to Americans. | Kyronen formerly was a member | of the Millrose A. A. in New York | and his competitive davs go hack to | the time of Hannes Khlfhmam-n.‘ who today holds many of America's records qu the cinders from three | miles up to 10. He will start in a | three-mile handicap special at the | Greek-American A. C. games and | one of his opponents will be Willfe | Ritola. | Titola goes into this cempetition | without the sign of a taint as he was | cleared and reinstated after explain- | ing matters to the New England | registration committee in Bosten | vesterday. Recently he drew sus pension for his failure to appesar at | in American leagus meet in th Bav State capital. The mark of 15 minute, seconds for 3 1.4 miles by Ritola at Cleveland Tues |stands as the indoor record but fail- |ed to approach the 15:58 which registered on an indoor cinder track jat the Philadelphia College of Os. | teopathy meet a few weeks agn. It | was faster than the outdoor fizures attained by Hannes Kelehmainen fn |New York in 1912, | Paave Nurmi, returned a long journey which took him into two Canadian cities, will compete in a special two-mile handicap event [tonight anA then rest for geveral |days. He attempts his greatest task next Tuesday night when he races against Joie Ray and Lloyd Hahn at |a mile and Ritola at 5,100 metres in {Madison rden from uare G Horse Races—Thrills—That's “The Chorus Lady” PALACE -~ Beginning Sunday RITOLA ONCE MORE | runner, is in good standing with the |@amateur athletic union |veague sepvice, | “As fer Ruth's finamelal cendi. |tlon, 1 can say wifh authority that |he in far from being ‘broke’. His | yearly galary from the Yankees |s [852,000 under a contract which | has two niore seasons to run Ing into consideration his earnings outside the game, I would place OVER THE HIL Yankee Official Denies Babe ls‘ e Almost Broke b ool S R with Colone] Ituppert, president of ; the club, a good share of his salary New York, March 12.-—Bahe Ruth RUTH FAR FROM Brief Sketches of Famous Stars HAROLD “PIE” TRAYNOR Pittsburgh Pirstes—Third Baseman Born—-Framingham, Mass, Nov 11, 1899, Mafor League Career—Joined Pi. rates in 1920 via sale by the Ports. mouth club of the Virginia league, Released to Birmingham, Southern | Assoclation, In 1911, Purchased |18 “far from broke" and has ‘“at from Birmingham later In samo sea- [least fiva mors vears” of major son. ( Also used at shortstop.) league campaigning ahead of him Outstanding Feats—Hit 338 in [This was the statement of E, GG, Bar. 1923, making 208 safe swats, Field- | row, secretary New York ed 068 last season, Yankees, made with reference to a g story published by a New York newspaper asserting that the Yankee | - (VER SCHOOLMEN t a “Under has |5 held n trust until the end of the seasoy | "It may be true in the past that ith gambled good deal of his money and spent unwisely at times, but I can that Ruth bas turned over a new leaf fn this respect. He dors not patronize the rac has away a of the se now ron star, spectacular diamend career and that "his best days are/hehind him “The New York club has no facts concerning the suit brought aginst Ruth, growing out of all racing debts,” declared Mr, Barrow “but as for the assertions that Ruth ‘broke’ and-a physieal wreck, T cannet deny vigoronaly I know that the Babe has worked more faithfully this year than ever before fo put himself in conditian for what he hopes will be one of his best years. Witness the battle #taged with his e gat Hot Springa. He is now ,mn»lmz from a slight fnjury to his finger biit his general condition, according to all advices T have from Manager Hug- gins, {8 excellent and there seems no 1eason why he showt] not he fit to eclipse sgme of the remarkabhle p formances he has made o past fow years “last year was Babe's best, from the view point of | all-around He led this|man on the lawyers feam seored for league in batting for {he time matter demonstrating I can =@ no indication in that to |ability as hoop toseera, his manager, Hugo Quist, last night { put him the downndrd path, | “Billy” litted the suspension and adopted o |even congidering his long major Al" in scoring, regolution eriticising the action of : | the national officials in ordering a | telegraphic poll of the national reg- istration committee on the status of | the Finn, Ritola, firet suspended by | the New England registration coni- | mittes, The New England associa. tion, however, warned New England athletes not ta compete in races againet the Finn, fxing suspension ag the penalty The action of IN"GODD”GRACES Finnish Flier Now Permitted to. Take Part in Matches | them too C. A, Gymnasiun Bosten, Mareh 12.—Willie Ritola, Finnish-American A, . distance waistlin the lawyers were able tn coax gether enéugh material to form team to sty for all time {school teachers' appstite for on the bhasketball court, Al 1eWitt, who plays on the Stars team when has clse to do, captained the crew in a very able manner tWild in #hooting baskets, to. througheut | the United States today after being the center of a controversy which has involved officials of the National A. A, U, the New England asso- ciation of the A, A. U7, and himself since he failed to appear in the “Le- glon mile,” feature event of the American Legion track games here I'ebruary 23, The New England registration committee, after hearing Ritola and act] the besides running Al account- probably i aving in six flld goals. Every usefulness, that their on Greenstein abiy dropping in thres assisted the national regis- | tration committee in “lifting su pension” was pronounced “an un- precedented and unwarranted inter- ference.” TPresident William Ken. ney, in a statement, ageailed the ac. tion of the national committes tllegal. The committee depre laxi In enfercing en in dealing with promi t athletes, Despite the fact, that Ritela, con- fuged by the questioning, walked from the room and disappeared shertly after the hearing opened, the committee reingtated him when | Quist assumed nll blame for his | non-gppearance Quist explained that he had heen unable to get in touch with Ritnla to notify him definitely of the race and said his acceptance of an ad. vance for traveling expenses of $40.43 from the American Legion, was due to a misunderstanding. Quist recently sent the American Le. | gion a money order for $75. LLOYD 6 RGE GUARDED Londen, March 1 Although no longer in office, former Prime Min- fster Llovd George i3 still attendeq by & detactive, says the Eevening Standard. More than once he has atked to be relieved it this super- | vislon, but the government, mind- | | | | | Reduced in price because bigger sales have lowered manufacturing costs— Bigger sales because of Tuxedo’s quality— Properly aged, perfectl blended — : Y Every dealer’s supply specifies last day it can be sold— Guaranteeing you FRESH Tuxedo whenever you buy it— Unvarying excellence. That’s the secret! FRESH § TOBACCO & ful of what happened to Sir Henry Wilson immediately after palice pro- tection was withdrawn, has heen un willing to take the risk e e —— s They Don't Make Them Any Befter Than The “The Chorus Lady” PALACE — Beginning Sunday CAPITOL NEXT MONDAY Have a Laugh With the Popular Comedians LEW WILLIAMS — and — GEORGE RUBIN in their Chic-Chic Revue 20—PEOPLE—~20 CAPITOL NEXT MONDAY *SIWIND OW N2 The Last Stand of the Cattle Kings | | Take One-Sided Game at Y, M[:fl[[ | After many weeks of preparation Dartmouth Has Doe Its Best ed for 12 of hix feam’'s 25 points, | ¢} fleld goals, whils Rachlin, Mag and [tles. With six victopien gnd no de~ Milkowltz dropped In one apiecs |featn, the men of Hanever were and guarded the faculty po closely | hosts to the Tigers on Feb, 38, a they were able to make only five bas. [game which started the tumble Kets, whieh was to romain ynchecked un. Nixon and Gritzmeyer, got til the end of the season. After cach for the I'acully and Merrisey |Princeten won on that occasion, dropped one, this belng the total eol. | Pennsylvania and Cernell overcame lected by the Iaculty for the entire [the Green and on Tuesday night game Princeton again was victorious. The lineup Columbla, ¢u the other hand |ternated victory and defeat. starting Pte. [the schedule by besting the much 3 quintet from the University two ale Faculty Field Fou Morrisey 0 Nixon, It Ciritzmeyer Murphy, 1g Zisgler, 1t rf 3| feared 4 of Pennsylvania, only to fall befors t1the Princeton machine four days 0 llater, Dartmouth came along and was victorious on Jan, 17, Yale wus i\n aten Feb. 7, and Penn for the sec- |ond time Feb. 12. A vietory over | Cornell Feb. 18 was followed by a second defeat at the hands of Dart- |mouth, and after that Celumbia |raced througlh a opposition, wine ning from Cornell in its final con- fest night, 21 to 11, Dartmouth depended upon five [m®n in 1ts race and plled up points | vhils plaving on ity home purface, | By a freak of the scheduls the Han- overians appeared in their first four contests e 0 | at Hanover, They won them all and then went tp New b | Haven and New York te dateat Yals, |and Columbia. At this time they 1 Lawyers Ifeld Fou Rachiin LeWitt Mig Milkowtz Referes. Joseph Hergstrom el | |1ooked 11ke champlons, but thefr conflict found Princeton op POsing them at Hanover and they falled. Friedman, BPartmouth forward, proved better on the read than at | home, while his teammate, Picken, | was twice as atrong at Hanover than he was in other eciti MeDenald was the only substitute to contribute |4 point to the team's total, next Work at Home s The Asociated Dress. New York, March 12-—Statistics ow that Dartmeuth and Colum reached the sams position in eastern intercollegiate hasket- by far different USE FOR GERMAN DOCK Lendon, March 12,—A job has been found at last for the former {German floating dock which has |been berthed in the Mersey since being delivered under the peacs {treaty. The admiralty has decided to sent it to Malta for service in dock« ing the capital ships of the Mediter- ranean fleet. 11l lrague race routes, Darfmouth, tied with the cham. pion Princeton team for the lead only two weeks ago, encountered a sationai string of setbacks and ed to win in its last four bat. When Johnny keeps on raising—and you raise him—here is what he says as vou lay down a full house—“That's Good; Bill, you take the pot!” We hear this famous expression around here quite a bit these days, but of course, not in the same connection. 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