New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 4, 1925, Page 8

ONIGHT — SO ARE THE JUDEANS F ROM ' HARTFORD — KID KAPL 'RETURNS it FOR COMING BATTLE — BIG LEAGUE TEAMS -CONTINUE PRELIMINARY PRACTICES —COLLEGE ATHLETICS SCORED BY COLLEGE SPO ARE PROFESSIONAL {Home Games Occasions for Drinking Debauches Columbus, O., April 4. — Charges that “intercollegiate sport is now on 00k for the | Professlonal basis™ that the home- g :m'mmz foot| games of colleges and universities are made the occa- |ston of “liquor drinking and de- bauches,” and that the present sy tem of college football “Is & real detriment to the health and physical of many of its players and ir lives," were made here [last night by Professor E. G. Mahin New {of Purdue univers speaking at ‘e and one- |1je anpual dinner of the Ohio Col- and T hope 10 {lege association. & as hard. If my | professor Mahin is & her of did [gnalytical chemistry at Purdue, they He asserted that the “Big Ten” " fastest to win. conference rules committee and oth- I am posi- fer reguiatory bodies of similar or- Plitshurg last [ ganizations are without real control ¢ Weak spots on A that in reality “there is no such supplied a pennant |thing as factulty control of ath- ¢ and Grimm will lietics, One of the principles of the 10 Cooper is still [western conference is that control of his T in a fathietics shall be in the hands of the will of |faculties. 1 venture to say that if ing the early (the principle was really enforced, lit- tTam hoping |erally and in spirit, the conference longer be known as the would not | Ten! It wouid be the MANAGERS SPEAK OF THEIR TEAMS Robinson Hopes to Beat Ou (iants This Year — Fo by t lowing are statements jssyed managers of the Natfona League clubs or ut coming season John McGraw York I am conse- cutive pennar team will be On that my the trick. b is stronger to turn than voung come thray Wilbert Rohi only MY | soundne Baatims agaly 0 pitchers deliver f I make the me as the ¥n will foree ts to winter pi my 1 it course Winkslof the seazon he'll return okay Bill McKeehnie, = Pittshurg—The Pirates have been knocking at the \ pennant door for years and may | oper it this summer. 1 realize the| “The power of control of athletics { experts feel T was worsted in thehas passed from the hands of the Chicago trade, but T am willing m;!u'uilllfi into those whe interests in stand pat let the summer's |¢ducational affairs is but sccondary showing decide the issue, "l(\ their interest in succes of a Jack Hendricks, Cincinnati—1 fee] |&reat commercial enterprise of pub- that the Reds are going to jolt the |IiC entertainment, eritics wha have already consigned| “There is an old saving that if my club ts a place in the second di- (YO Eive a dog rope enongh he will vision. The Reda have the strength |Contrive to ha!\t: ; £l rm:mz lace in the first d 1. 50, We seem to he making a tes to win a pl .l t first .H)‘Nm,.'n; this ttiesls tn interes) Yl ath. Our pitching alone do that. ‘ Rt QLCRE R L Branch Rickey Louis—For ‘"'}f-‘ L ; several years the Cardinais have not | Professor Mahin declared e be- lived up to my preseason predictions, |!1€Ved that “the only practicable so- %0 this year T am golng to play it |!ition “fl‘z‘{"f""nlz\fl'"ulrrfl lem of sate and merely say that we are Ngher education is to be foynd in heciin: the absolute divorcement of the col. at the first division and | f hope to finish there. lege from this enterprisc of inter. = A [cellegiate athletics.” My club is much the same as last y ; k Coaches Paid Too Much Dave Bancroft, Boston—I am | 1 ; hopeful that my reconstructed fn-| “The few outstandingly successful field will supply a defensive strength |coaches demand and receive salaries [co L ‘Big Taculty Loses Power Pi that was lacking last season. While | that are absolutely out of proportion [have the Athletics these coaches, and it is these schools | that ave, in the long run, able to win |1 the championship |3 |t he the for in ve 1 | | | | | fir {in sl business re- se r Kap an. 205 of ‘manheod’ h about in pep | how prof » our intercollegiat race of high in this do we I realize it will be rather inexperi- (t0 those pald real teaching and re- |so enced, vet T am positive it wil e |search geniuses in the scientific and Tiat der these circumstanees, it remains. ge Art my team will finish, but what suc- | cess T will have in develéping play- | tables, sagus standards. a slow job to Jsague Btandards, It fs & | “We should not blame our players n ov a hig 1 5 5 i which we permit and encourage. 1 B RNS | “There is another factor to KAP"AIN 82 good potential playing material ' Ithe teams. For many critics ti { REAU} Tfl FlfiHijms is to provoke an immediate |storm of protest ordinary sense of the word. But we | must have-our chance for the cham- Gh “ | out the best coaches and players, and “The championship »s of volves itself into the matching of the bout between Louidg("Kid") Kaplan Wwits and the purses of the alumni | B of Meriden, Conn,, récognized as'and the sporting public, sach col- |}t hoxing commission, and Edouard Fasy For Athletes Mascaret, European titieholder, were zs are made easy for the Tex Rickard afnounced last nigh Whan scholastic diffienities de- | to Rickard propeses to stage the Vvelop, as they do eccasionally when | Garden. Fiftéen rounds to a decision |Under a professer who has am old- will be required hy the contracts,|fashioned idea that study and men- A conference hatween managers of |Place in his class program, the {wo boxers vesterday resylted in |Come fraternity committees who fur- tails for the bout on rep- [Pack and who hoister up and spoon- resented Mascart feed the kK brother untll he |fo Kaplan |season ‘ ehampion i This 1a one kind He expects to encour eulty in g fore in t “easil more capable. I don't want to finish |Tesearch flelds” he declared. “Un- ehief thought at pres: | ers who measure up to the major |NiBh places in it ae s |too much for this condition. Théy considered- securing of that pla are hought for c | “No. They are not ‘bought' in the Says He's Fit to Take on Any | | pionship. We can not have it with- ‘happen.’ agreement title | Wits and skill of the voaches and the champion by the New York state|lege against the other | £o 10 be signed today at noon, Promoter |YOUNg athlctes fn more ways than match on May 5, in Madison Square [OUr Young recruits find themaelves | P, Rickard satd tal accomplishment have a certefin the comple of the Jdo- examination questions of years Monteith ne scrapes through, at least in an elimi ha claime for finance, else t imagi aliow ourselves t n nts w2 Tf we r - 1 DIANS PLAY TODAY April 4.—The today starting and ne hundred pe ts are back of ¢ Object To Assessments fr Mg man and we ROLLER‘SKATING EVERY EVENING Saturday who &P iving likely [to conjure up any great amount of enthustasm over the prospect of be- | {ing sand-bagged into centributing or $500 for a conereté or stes] edifice in which 50,000 frenzied pleasure-seekers spend 4 few hours a |¥ear in the effort to forget the te. dium of existence | “The theoretical purpose of home- coming day isaltogether good. M ¥ f our former students ate expected to return to view the scenes of same of their happiest experiencrs and to renew associations with teachers who | have had much to 40 with shaping t r lives, 1t is the date generally the best home foethall gan | what actua man Also are i 4 by parents or on borrowed capital i “WALETT RINK Jester's Hall Arch St | Mack is hopeful that “Lefty {win ‘l"m.kc and eontrol will make him a Fleteher, Thiladelphla—My |{OF the college that can ohtain Jarge | from him and don't bel ent is not where (2thictic funds to get and to keep |disappointed,” says Mack. | are but the victims of the system ’Rfid Sox and beat their hosts, striking out five me {of the game. | Boston team hit a o laway to the tune of 11 td 6. curve an liave only (o more workouts sched- along | “Wonder Academy of Syracuse the | ball championship of New York and sixth spring mained with | anagon NS | Will He Prove Second Eddie Plank? Connie Mack Hopes His New Southpaw; “Lefty” Groves, Will Answer That Question in the Affirmative GANTS SEEW 10 BE BEST IN MAT. Pre-Season Qutlook s for Them, fo Repeat (BT BILLY EVANS) The most impressive team I have seen in my tour of the major league camps is the New York Glants, There are many reasons for such a statement: Watching the Giants at practice or playing an exhibition game you marvel at the spirit of the elub. There is a dash to the play that is Hacking in most of the camps. ¥rom Frisch, the outstanding star, to the lowliest recruit,*there is an IATS IN DECIDING. GAME WITH LYRICS Feldman. aud. Malcom With * Yisttors at Armory Tonight ‘INATS RF. Taylor, LaHar . X LF. RF. vawam, « Oohen Sheehan ..... | Kilduft, Wele ,, i amd Witkin | LGy Tonlght the armory will be the |ncene of ‘a red hot inter.city basket- {ball clash when the Lyrles, runners 'up in the Hartford city series, meet | enthusiasm that makes for pennants, [The Giants are never beaten until it is all over and*the score sheet shows that the opposition has the | most runs, Spirit of Confidence Noted There is a spirit of confidence, the |will .to win, that makes McGraw's |club atand out, That is the only kind of a team McGraw will foster. | The players merely reflect the spirit of the manager, fight to the last, | The Giants 100k to be the class of the National league by a comfortable imargin, T do not think McGraw will experience any great trouble in winning his Afth consecutive pen- [ pant. . i | While McGraw is not at all boast- |ful about the possibilifles - of. his club, he is confident that barring an {unusual run of bad luck he should win. He say: | “My club is stronger fhan last | ves The lineup is the same with the exception " of John Watson, piteher, who ‘has passed on to the | minors. His loss will not be felt, | “My second-string pitchers of last vear, Dean, Maun and Baldwin are certain to show improved form The seasoning of last yedr will help them considerably. JGH U 3 | pect. I am sure he will win for me. John Scott; who has performed “LEFTY GROVES Ft. Myers, Fla, Aprl 3.—Connie Groves | prove to be a cecond Eddie ank. Not since the Geottysburg llegian passed from the big leaguc | DODGERS AGAIN “Groves has great natural ability, | i cond Waddell. T éxpect big things e 1 will be Battng Bee Groves' best bet is his fast ball. | re we have him pictured starting s windup, letting the ball go and s follow through. | New York,” April 4.—Fifteen Hits | ¢ faflel Hurler Gives- A Fine Exhibition Boston, April 4.—Execelient piteh- g by Ruffing was a feature of the ame agalnst the club of nn., where they stopped sterday on their way to Louisville $to3 Ruf- three innings, four of themy who shared the or pa of the into left, Ietersburg the Boston Na- nine put the St. Pete Bants Joe m southpaw, Yankees the | ¥n erday at At- lanta, Ga. That fofal came within an ace of Leing twice as many as the Huggins clan comd collect, yot | because the New York batters com piled their geven safe drives within the two closing innihgs they were btain the edge In the fest, series with the for Brooklyn Dodgers yes able g pitched the la 7to 3. For six company Ba b innings Ruth and Potty, a | newcomer Indianapolis, had| the Iard-hitting former American | league champions fruitleksly pursu- ing his ves around batter” box for five of those six innings, In the sixth Sc took up the mound assignment and went along | nicely for one inning but Manager | 4 the Saints hitless for the last| Robinson was obiiged 1o hurry to his | innings, with a fast ball. a!reseus in the the | good control. The Rraves | yankes ha fiin vasel] a row. N ored oft Wingficl irling with Ross in th Bill Rogell homer from the st At warfz atchelder, the We ur seventh when s started to hits all over the park With 4 them, the Dodgers gallied desperat Iy—-al leas them did. With Fournier on, ston, dropped one | over the outfield wall, and forced the L S Yankees to grind out another batch Glens Fallg, N. Y., April ‘*T"”}of tallies in THa eightH fogive them team” from the high|, 1. gime advantage in the. sert hool ef Passalc, N. J., and a team - to 4 - pregeniing & Christln SOBEIers IS weicome, rainbsave i) Glint | will do Dattle | o vare a rast in the serjes with the | basket- | yemphis tham of fthe Southern league. but Manager McGraw partly filled the lay gap with an an- nouncement that he plans to carry pitchers into National “agua race for his fifth pennant. In addition to Bentley f. MeQuil- . Ryan. Barnes Dean and aun he expects to retain two out | of a string of several rec ed, and will Jeave for the north morrow the &co to assaic and Syracuse Teams Battling Today r the open interscholas England in the finals of the annual tourmament here .to- alc Jast might downed a m §t. Mary's Acad- of Glens Falls, 44 to 24, and Brothers wronght ranks of St. John's of Man- the of 18 to 1's made o one point in th hot ten e Scott, fone a St M Joh e runner up trophy y's and § Dempsey in Two Fights | Since He Licked Carp. ! Jack Dempsey whipped | = orges Carpentier in the “hattle of his Was the Tygers' Unusual Ree t centyry” b 21 he heavy- ord in 1920 Scason ight King ha but two fights. | t the worst start a - the 15-round affair with | cam ¢ Tommy Gibbons and the other the | vo-seasion screpade Luis Fir-| Both of hes ged in: 1923 LOST FIRST 13 Since these were am nished ¢ o short BOXERS COMING EAST Somehow or other Fo goIng. despite asiderad to he Angeles teur boxers of the re- letic club left ) sterday for Boston to competa in national championships to be held pril 13 and 14. They are August, Cotto, bantamweight; _ Frank Pizzitola, featherweight; Clayton Frye, wels terwaight, and Joe Weods, Heavy-~ | wetgne. HENDERSON CYCLE CO. Motorcycles, Accessorics, Repairing, Juvenile Vehfeles, Coaster Wagons, Doll Carriages, Velocipddes, Antos,* And the Distinguished Rolls Racer, e team couldn't get at it good traini & was co shape trip. e fact ré pret aftter filg and put t #ht off the bat that the trailir ar behind » Tygers re- g outfits all Bicycles, OUR PRICES ARE THE MOST REASONABLE Inspection Condially Invited 178 TAST MAIN sTREET PHONE 3082-3 Training Camp Followers Takc Game Is Featnred by Temific, ~ew vors. apri | New York Glants b + coneecutive pénnant in the National 12V four catchers, the veterans, | league ? gers of thaf organization that Mc- | to win the ninth-game of the ! the trick, the spring training. irip reveals thg fact that every rival New York clubs picks the Gianfs to | win, There to the chances of Pi | Chicago. | favorite for the show training poll: three game series in Nashville, Tenn, <t |againgt the {club there, the $t. Louis Brawns to- {day hoped 1o overcoms |streak {1ast four’ games. SPRINGTIME POLL several comebacks, looks in as good shape as he ever did in his entire |career. I am banking on Scott to help me if“only in relief roles. “As to reserves T am in ot | better shape than last year. T have six outfielders in Wilson, Meusel, the Young, Walker, Southworth and (Kelly. _In the infield I have cap- |able subs in Terry and Lindstrom. 4. — Can the|The latter can play third or short, win their fifth | while Kelly can shift to second. T Shot at Picking Them For Season’s Finale, | Snyder and Gowdy, and |men, Hartley and Devine, | “T know rival National Ileague e |managers don't look on my i W8 tentu hie'the power to-tutn |, 0. iy great (mo: gx‘t letm:‘v:?ti |me and {s much better than general- Iy rated.” Another thing that impresses you |about the Glants is the fine physical |condition of the club. . McGraw |drives his men hard. Ha believes |In taking advantage of good weather, | He is one of the few managers who nd | hag the two daily practice sessions. slight Team Ready for Opening The Giants are ready right- naw "8 [They are 30 per cent farther fvanced than most of the other majory |league clubs. McGraw wants to |get away to a flying start. He ve. as extra It is the consensus of the man- A vote of the managers taken on leader of the P is favored for second. difference of opinfon as sburgh a position of the Brooklyn is The Cubs Here is the result ¥ New York Gianfs. 3rooklyn Dodgers. Chicago Cuhs. Pittsburgh Pirates {able a Se Elbure iz Alflflr s those picked up in Septem- St. Louis Cardinals. | The troubles that have besct three Philadelphia Nationals other pennant contenders in fhe Boston Braves. National league has helped the ichances of New York. When “Rabbit” Maranville hroke | his leg. the Chicago Cubs lost a star lwho simply eannot be replaced. | With him in the lineup the Cubs |lookeq different, had a dash to their losigg | Dlay that wiil be missing. the| The Giants look like the one bést bet of the majors. BROWNS OPEN SERIES Louis, April 4.—Opening st [ Southern Association a that has followed them ' That Guiltiest Feeling ] NOowW JusT - A - MOMENT - DI e e “Wisner s a great pitching pros- | much | | rards games won in April as valu.| e the Natfonal Guards in the fifth and deciding game of their series; To “dale. each team has won two games. The contest should be ‘a sizzler from whistle to whistle, especially since the Lyrics mai ment prom- Iss to bring down Jimmy. Malcolm and Kisky Feldman as forwards. A detter working pair than these would he hard to find and Kilduff . and Sheehan will have thelr hands ful] taking care of them. In the game with the West Sides Thursdsy night, these two boys made 34 of their team’s 43 points, Feldman shooting fix out of 10 free tries as well as tossing. in six fleld goals, Bammy Pite ‘will hop center for the visitors while Witkin will cover Taylor and ("ohen will take the right guard po- sition. New Britain's lineup will not be definitely decided until the whistle hlows, but of course Bheehan and Kilduff will be at guard with Tay- lor at forward, Both Restelll and Reynolds will start the game, buf |Wwhich one will jump center and which will play forward has nof been determined. There s little to choose hetween in trying to pick a winner as each team is capable of the fastest kind of basketball. But one thing {s cer- tain. 1If the guards play tonight as they did when they beat the Dixies a ‘week ago, the Lyrics will not bhe able £o stop them. TWICHELL GETS SWEATER Middlebury, Vt., April 8.—~Edward 8. Twichell '26 of New Britain is on¢ |of the six men who were today awarded sweaters for thelr work as members of the hockey team of the past season. This is the second year that Twichell has won his hockey sweater. Mr, Twichell Is active in the pennant in the American league 1| campus affairs and at the presen! in 19257 time 18 the chairman of the commit The consensus of the managers, a8 tee {in charge of the Junfor Prom gleaned during the spring training the social event of the season whicl trip, is that the Yankees affer being is to occur as a featire of Junio defeated in 1924 will come back 10, week in May, . He is also on the sta win this scason. of the Blue Baboon, the eatlege hi The Detroit Tygers afe favored imorous magazine. Mr. Twichell ic over the world champs, Washington, ‘mamber of the Chi Psi fraternity for second place. Many of tge! managers figure the Tygers a strong- | e rteam than the Yankese but for various reasons do not think Cobb's club will win Here is the result of a vote of the | | managers taken prior to the opening of the season il ew York Detroit Tygers. [ 4. Washington Nationals. | Philadelphia Athletic Louis Browns. Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox Boston Red Sox. ‘ — s | COLLINS WATCHES PLAYERS Chicago, April 4—The end of their training camp practices in sight, the Chicago White Sox yes- terday went through an intensive |batting and fielding drill under the |watchful eye of Manager Eddie Col |lins, preparatory to the closing {games with the $hreveport Gassers ffll‘ the camp. ; Now we have 4 wonder basketball team made up of the fair sex. Dot MeQueen s the captain of the Scott1 Powell team of Philadelphia that {has 71 consecutive victories to its credit, LOOKS LIKE YANKS C-o::::sm of Opinion is that New Americans Have Great New York, April 4.—Who will win ATTENTION | Cadillac Owners Why- take your car out of town to be repaired when vou have Cadillac experts in town? Also Repairing .on All Other Makes J.B. MORAN Associate Nash Dealer 313% CHURCH ST. | St, {s! RIGGS PLEASE! BEFoRE You DISAPPEAR FoR [THE SUMMEBR--- GIVE US A RING ONCE IN A WHILE- IT ONLY COSTS A NICKEL To TELEPHONE IF You ARE GOING To BE LATE FOR DINNER - REMEMBER You HAVE A WIFE AND FAMILY TO SUPPORT S0 GIVE A \ LITTLE ATTENTION To BUSINESS -~ AND INCIDENTALLY | TEAVE US A LITTLE CASH BEFORE You Go - WE MAY NEED Food AND CLOTHING BEFORE . U vou RETURN 7