New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 4, 1926, Page 14

I ST T - SOCCOLI MEETS MCPARTLAND AT ELMORE TONIGH T—SUBB ASE TEA et e ey ST Es eSS T ISt Eee st e e estsstTstseTssss CONFIDENT OF BEATING NEW RITAIN — PERSSON AND MCCARTHY BOTH DRAWING INTENSE INTEREST FROM FIGHT FANS—NATIONAL GUARDS SHAPING UP FOR OPENING GAME 'HARVARD AND PRINCETON I | i | | | 1 'SOCCOLI TO BATTLE ELM CITY CUEIST AT ELMORE New Britain Pocket Billiard Entry Shapes Up As Real Contender For Title-——Overcoming “Bad Breaks” Which Beat Him in Former Matches—Wallops Jim Stone of Bridgeport in First Meeting This Week— Large Number of Fans Interested. LLINOIS-CHICAGD GAME MAJOR FIGHT Pt 1.600 1,000 Hanlon, Hartford Sigler, Hartford . Cagnon, W Stone, Bridg: seno, Meiiden Grippo, Middlet Polic swln Muldowney, N Dominic Soccoli, representing Elmore Billiard parlors in the st pocket billiard tournament, will face pionship of Big Ten- Chicago, Nov. 4 Tilini appear near the top of their 1526 form, which, with other cir. istances, make the Illinois-Chic; me a major attraction in Sat urday’s western conference football. In the wake of the victory ove Pennsylyania, Zuppke sees a chance, remote as it may be, of a chance at the Big Ten championship, in a tangle involving every one but the tail enders. Tllinois has been downed by Michi- gan, but Michigan has yet to reckon with the Ohio State that romped over Chicago while the Wolverines were losing to Navy. . Meanwhile Northwestern is a slight favorite to hum Purdue, Saturday, after hich the purple will have to con- Towa while Illinois tackles place on Main street when he ba McPartiand of New Haven. von three matches a 1wo so far and he is In to further boost his av is has a mark of .500 standing in the league which does tot include this week's games. coli and McPartland will be will be worth while 100k- McPartland stands high in <ot billiard circles in this state nd is considered one of in . pinch. He hasr occoli on var- fous occasions and each has about n _ven score over the ot ccoli's work so far th been of such a high ord re camp is predicting that one of the strong bidders for » championship. He is roll- s better, takes his game and fromgthe st to the ol vo thin fine ge ton the official at ing.at. i Ohio, Defense irned lini lown in th nore ser he break he lin had br Some who do not id touch- last thre with 11 and D'Ambroslo k at the ends for the first con- in weeks, Zup labored today an attack which he hopes to d at the expense of Chi- t he but his match eck proves conclusively that § set with those in some of his zames. He was leading Grippo of Middletown 98 o S4 in last mateh and with only two mo to drop to win the match, h to make an casy a lie on w corner 100th ball, when t another ball on t called for a foul. with a nice: run, and on a lucky sid Soccoll without a po: ram out on the next of this match was He is evidently “jonah.” and as h gets almos t. he ran up a st men in the Rridgeport and 0 to 34 1 the goods he will fr on foreign match, tournam & alra st with weel s hopes re pect of hav- . and Anderson in backfield Saturday, assuring him some broken field running, at Maroons have a clever shift which threatened 1l be in better form for w ot least His opponent th 1 | the 111 There today note overconfi- in the camps of cither Purdue or Northwestern. > two dark horses of the conference race who test each other power Saturday. with a promising chance at the title at stake, Knute 20 to overcor confl vineible, inst st word to Notre Dame was warning against the togy due from Indi which idle Ohio, is not cngaged in confer- strif, Rockne's final lit This show- nd in to- to justify tabl nd enee Lowing his home This year's ths lar nee » metches hoth at the Muldown urch stre ury fon fs m of o COMMITTEE PICKS i ANALL-STAR TEAM Eight Basehall Writers Give Opinion on Best Players SPORT BRIEFS iy L lon to the li B Charley Cook % Chicago, . 4 (P— A mythi of American unoffl se- comm ident Ban most valnable appointed Johnson to i player in the The trophy ht base leag , mad m. t league. committes is 11 writers, on » city, and fegie Goorge Bu land. ond wshington, hortstop - Stanley Harris, Sewell, Cleveland. Willie Kamm, Ch R “Rabe Johnny Mostil Goslin, am quarte York zoal and hand in a erful and 1 peri for man nabls me picking pt o h or. had of of Gos| s his Detroit leagne ship. Yale Baseball Cant To Address Leg Eddy-Glover post Leglon, w he its junior he quet 10 De ogl me 4 for ond, whil on W 6 Y ning, Nov spread will bers of the ary jged evening merly Y foothall at branches, stop honors ranked Eddie McManus and the second Blucge and rivals against 0. 56 of 5 Am nd an excr @ prine will be Iy ent from 21 years «de his August Nis first York for the Haven univ Zuppke Sees a Chance for Cham- ! (P —Zuppke's | TV COBB FINSHE " BASEBALL CAREER “Georgia Peach” Wants to Settle! \ Down With His Own Folks Augusta, Ga., Nov. ¢4 (A — Tyrus Raymond Cobb, Letter known as the “Georgia Peach,” and the gr hitter in baseball's history, s has !swung his last bat in a bf\seh.’xl!‘ igame. Ty was back home today in the jtown wlhere he first received recog- |nition as a baseball player, having |resigned as player-manager of the {Detroit club of the American league |vesterday after a colorful career of 21 years on the diamond. President ank Navin, of the Detroit club, announced that Cobb had been suc- ceeded by George Morlarity, Ameri- can league umpire and former Tiger third baseman. Ty saw the realization of a dream of a year's yearning come true to- | day for 12 months ago he had made nown his desire to resign to the ead of the Detroit club, so he could {spend his time at home. “The life of a ball player is hard,” |Cobb said, “and a ball player is on | want to settle down | the road lots. and live with my own folks for a whils. That's one reason for my getting out as manager. “I am tired and T want to rest,” Ty sald. “The game is getting hard er cach year, and ¥ am getting old- er. My legs are still good, my eves lare as good as ever, but I can't take charices any more. A ball player who can't take chances cught to quit. That's what I am doing.” Ty sald he did not expect to play baseball again, although he sald he !expects to obtain an interest in a seball club. “I have swung my last bat in a baseball game,” he said. “You know [ am going to te 40 vears old De- cember 18, Don't want to be one of those men who fade or have to e pushed out and of course I will valk to the plate in a minor mer marager of the Tigers, known greatest fig ing players who ever graced a major league diamond, was in tears as he inished the statement that his haro- Lall playing days were over. The “Geor Peach” said. “Of se T can still hit ‘em. T finished this scason up in the .340's." Cobb, however, did not want to he placed in the class of ball players who had hing on to the very last, a faded piayer. Cobb, who In 10 Datroit club by the club for $70 id for the present except ing and a little golf." Cohb's decislon to resign m as brought about, however. t inowl 'ged failure to produce a ypennant winning team for Detrolt. He had played on three Tiger pen- nant winners but had not been able 10 develop a championship club lim- self, Dissengion frequently had heen re- porter on the Tiger club after Cohh took over the managerial reins and Ty d been severely ecriticized, es- eclally in th2 last two vears, on the ay he handled fhe club. that he could foresee that he “could not win a pennant within the next few years under existing elreum- stances.” and that he wanted to quit while he still was among baseball's hest, con 5 was sold to the Auzusta baseball he has no plans some shoot- nly his SPRINGFIELD AMATEURS ON FIGHT CARD FRIDAY .Pay State Simon Pures to Try to Win Over Connecticut Mittsters at State Armory. The Mohawk A. C. of Hartford will stage* another all-star card of ama- teur fights in this city at the state] armory on Arch sireet Friday night, | nd this week will see a delegation pringiield battlers who seck to aut battle ally be a battle be- nd the Nutme y in the sim pure ranks. Arthur Chapdelaine, med the same as the light heav velght champlon of the world, and elf champion of the 112 pound- settz, will card timb, for be the nt no solecter This is ave nber of am zood are contending will nr 16 bout 2 larger crowd tha ot real T ( pitted st feut has on will b Th » gaining every nd all the go amateur ranks o ments on New FIGHTS LAST MIGHT Moine Ohio, 1 10) outpointad Bu Lea () in po the Lohur Wright, o Gonz Chicago, Pin Dies Moines (8) Josep] Dea Mo Molne: defeated nsas City (8). Denver—Jock welterweight won “One-step” Watson, 4. Brown, t Babe Ridgley, Dutch Kimball, Kid Duga Malone, St de Omat F a tsion Negro, Three million were delivered hunting permits thronghout Irance pre season, gt 200 fra A large percentage were is ‘sued to workmen, Cobb said | l Lateyette, Ind., Nov. L-—Chm’»tcrf tton” Wilcox is Purdue Univer- | [ ctty t versatile athlete. He is | spoken of in the same breath as| Elmer Oliphant, who is thrilling the | west with his gridiron exploits at | | Purdue, went to West Point and did the same thing for the cast. Wilcox is the outstanding gridder | he last five years at Purdue. He a triple threat man if there ever | was one, a great punter, an accurate | and long forward passer and a wiz- | |ard open-field runner. Aside from starring in football, ! | Wilcox is also a varsity letter man in baseball and basketball. Scholas- | tically, he maintains a high average 'in civil enginering. Tn addition to his marked abilit Wilcox possesses the staying power | that adds so much to his value. | Against the Navy, Wisconsin and | Chicago he battled the full 60 min- | utes. In the Wabash game he ! played 50 minutes. Among the Big Ten teams backfield man in the conference | more feared. The records of his play offer ample proof for such a feeling on the part of the opposition. Last season, in Purdue's four big games of the year against Western | Conference elevens, he carried the ball 76 {imes, averaging seven yards | ! every time he handled the ball. | Wilcox shines at guard in basket- | (BY NEA SERVICE) no is | ball, being a player of exceptional Backetball Team Putting In Strenu- defenee, | baseball hardest ! ability on both offense and He plays second base in d is one of the team's hitters, COBB MAY BE PRESIDENT OF BROCKLYN NATIONALS' Wilbert Robinson Reported to Want t 10 Devote Entire Time to G is problematical good attraction has bLeen Managing Team New York, Nov. 4 (F)-—~Ty Cobb i | probably is not through with big ‘league baseball despite his resigna- tion as manager of the Detroit Tygers. A report efrculated here said the | “Georgla Peach” was destined to hecome president of the Brooklyn ationals, an office due to be made vacant by Wilbert Robinson, who has declared he will devote his en- tire efforts to managing the Dodgers next year. Cobb, the report said, was in communieation with Steve Me- . Keever, a half owner of the Brook- {1y, before the latter became seri- ously il some time azo, At that time, Cobb was reported considering an ofter ty» manage Brooklyn next season. He was rep- | resented 28 anxious to accept the offer because he wished to finish his | major league career at the head of the National league battlers. Since McKeever's illness, however, Robin- son's contract as manager has bren | renewed for a period not stated. | Thus baseball men are whispering that when the annual club meet- ing s held in the spring, MeKeever | will offer C‘obb's name as the man to succced the rotund Robbie as | president. | The famous Ty. in a st sued at Atlanta last night, sai: *T have to leave baseball. Tt fs all T know. Tam not trained in anything | elso so 1 guess what T do in a busi- s way will be some form of ba ball. an interest in some elub some- where.” In announcing his retire- ment, Cobb sald he was out of baseball for a vear at least, PIRST LEAGUE GANE New Britain High School Football ement is Team Tackles Hillhouse High On Saturday. The New Britain High school foot- Lall team faces the first test Satur- v against the Hillhouse High of | New Haven In the race for the Tri- | gular championship. This league | “xists between Hartford, New Haven | and New Britain and turday’ zame will b the first to be pl Brita stands an exce © of coming through to cop the itle this year and from appearances in its first games this season. the =am bids fair to make a strong drive for the state champlonship. Coach George M, Cassidy has out- ln>d a real campalgn for Saturday battle and his charges are belog put | through stiff practice .« siogs for the | first league gama. New Britgin had | a successful season last yeammp to | the last garie with Hartford and then came the debacle. This year, the coach proriises a different end. ng for the foothcll seoson and the entire city 1s behind him in his ef forts to have a team that will beat Hartford, team on the opening game cf the season on November up in good style and with practice sessions twice a week, should appear | stiffest opposition in the state will wet by the New vear and plenty of good games are night fans in this ¢ han, 'R. Burke, telephone b | [ | J | “COTTON" WILCOX, PURDU TRIPLE THREAT STAR. ONE OF THE BIG T LEADING BACKS, WHO, ASIDE FROM SHINING ON THE GRIDIRON, HA MADE GOOD IN BASEBALL AND. BA KETBALL, IS RATED WITH THE FAMOUS ELMER OLIPHANT, A WEST POINT STAR AS WELL. Fans will remember last year that | two Sundays here, last Sunday and | : |the week before, the tecams were un- | ‘Swedish Heavyweight Sensation to Make Connecticut Debut able to play because of a deluge The All-New Britain football team | will oppose the New London Sub- | marine 1 cleven at Memorial field in Willow Brook park Sunday| jafternoon, weather permitting. 'I'}us‘ {will be the third attempt this year| |to pl: the game and the fourth at- tempt in two seasons to have the| |teams come together. that made the playing ficld a quag- mire. The heavyweight battle between Harry Persson, the Swedish cham- | pion of Europe, and Pat McCarthy, |the battering Irishman from Boston, which will be staged next Monda night in the Hartford armory, will bring together one of the fight world’s latest sensations and a cleyer fast battler. Persson, since his ad- | GUARDS IN PRACTICEV ous Wo ' .is For Opening Game November 20, The National Guards basketball 7 went through a snappy pi last night at the state armory Arch street in preparation for ice 20. The team s shaping | o n the opening game as a fast outfit Just what team will oppose the ds in the first game of the year as vet but a real promised ce Lanpher. The )y Manager Cla Britain team- this n prospect for the regu aturd The candidate rerths on the team olds and Jasper, fory , forward and center; Gierochow- center; Sturm, Kilduff and Shee- guards. LOOKI The Columbia St ball) team challeng the city averaging 14 years of age, weight 100 pounds. or games call 3404-4, team in time Stars Furnish Scrimmaggs For Crimson Team § —Yale Appears to Be Much Improved — Navy Syracuse Preparing For Georgetown. SUB-BASE E[EVEN | grind of Harvard and DPrinceton for | the opening of the Big Three scries | leave tonight for Cambridge and the | final sharpening of claws in the sta- to break precedent under the new Fafls 0 Jllflge Team's GhaflceS"m"m of Arnold Horween, has an- 2 5 F | up. Agams[ Biues by Showmg | Stars of other years including S s——_— | Gilroy, Wittmer, Winn, Keck, Dick- inson and Baker, have donned the scrimmage the Tiger varsity into a fighting unit this week. The “old Bengal out of the mediocrity that marked early season play Washington & Lee. As a result there a surge and the Princeton line that has been missing all year. The team has that crowded the Tiger scrub back- field could not stop the short passes the past two years. But Jake Slagle, ace of Princeton backs, is still fa- {threatens to take the measure of the | o hold for an emergency role Sat- All-New Britain team. Fans in this | yrday. from which to judge New Britain's| of former elevens ran through the chances against the Hartford Bluce. | plays that Princeton is expected to and offense against the sailors on | Guarnaccia were announced as the Sunday, local fans will have an op- | starting backs. The line is un- able strength against Mulligan's | university watched the intensified oara | dummy serimmage. 1 + i t a i r'e; - [vent to this country. has boen MOD- | o this season as the best ropre- | (iR fmf;;,:‘,:; e \":y:rl'\:nl;;‘ll :ntation of the Sub-Base in many | s i red the favorite to win over Me- i % sorkt a By o o reven 1S e ny | SCPUD Tine. Navy is working against : strengthened in all departmen Y {2 southpaw forward passer becauss the addition of four players who | during the summer in th ate Wedlovan aerials willt corae Tiam against Johany Risko of Cleveland |cmy team. Besides these the team | (nat side Saturday, Speed drills are sveryone who saw him and it is & .and the coach has a line of excel- | ghjective rather than Franklin & safe bet that Persson will not finish |jent material to pick from. The| Marshall, the immediate foe. {ring fights for one person. He minds | yiather, is quoted as saylng that for | offensive agalnst the scrubs {n Penn- not a bit the fans or their jibes, but | ;\any years the Sub-Base has been | sylvania workouts for Penn State McCarthy and no one, else. outfit with little success, but this|lineup about to see if they can't He outel d Risko althsagh the vear will be the one in which the stop a hidden ball attack that was w of the fans are willing to bet|ihe game fs attested to by the fact|driving for Norwich with Harvard in at he will beat Persson. Persson 18 !tpat for three successive Sundays, he | Mmind while Dartmouth sticks to cither hand, but whether he will be § 1 | against Boston University. t SO e | Immediately upon recelving the New Y. et ¥ able to get these ini with McCarthy | “WMmECSICY HEOT TREV | ork Unlversity gridders are a question that will be decided | O S ?“‘;F:'_"'l"m'mrs and rubber top pads Knute fonday night. jthe game for mext Sunday, Licu-|pockne made stylish and expect to for the date. He got it and|and West Virginia hav 4 s the opening show of the indoor e & e . | : &l AN SFOUNGHLD) B Ao IGoer lif it doesn't rain next Sunday. foot- | heavy work for thelr clash. George- : g the chance to see the famed sailors | varsity in scrimmage. Lafayette is | sports impressario, is giving Counec- 2 5 7 T s Tt fans the opportunity of se.ing from the more famous base in the | hard at work to keep thé undefeat- : New Britatn. gate expects little trouble with against a fast and clever fighter, A i The bou; will draw one of the| The local squad went through a | Providence college and Columbia ling to the dope from the ticket cen- pervision of Coach Dave Hayes. He | Willlam and Mary. ters in the state. Patsy Bridgett, who |has worked out a tricky offensive I X The £ ",town Ad rtisers of Chie- ports that a steady stream of Swe- Sunday. The fans feel that New ol | e I"alls, Mass., 2 iy dish supporters of {heir e ' Has'to Beat New Lonfan | Pc" Lolls Mase, 8 mapny sger Sund : : 9 3 former High school and semi-pro [battle, and this same story is being of taking down Mullizan's colors in |court stars would like (o arrinee told from eve o e rd for the main |assignment and one that will make |pro teams in and around New Bi at entire card T jthe locals travel at top speed all the |ain which offer suitable guarantees, all-star affair. en made to handle a large crowd S — season on November 26. Games may ind all fans wishing to - READ HERALD CLASSITIED ADS |be arranged through M. Bogdan, 140 | It H in the Best Regulated Famili t Happens in the Best Regulated Families By BRIGGS Big Three Series Opens in Cambridge Saturday—Old- Working Against Southpaw Forward Passer — - i’ New York, Nov. 5 (A—The final | Saturday The Tigers will HERE NEXT SUNDAYmmm Friday. Harvard, continuing nounced the probable starting lines | such ringing Princeion names as Crimson jerseys of IHarvard to guard” has been back to whip the against Amherst, Navy., Lehigh and charge alput the final workout of ip.” Even the former heroes that have demoralized Harvard for This eeason, the Sub-Base team | oring his wounded ankle and may city regard this game as a criterion | In'the Harvard stronghold, Greats If New Britain shows a good defense | use. Putnam, Miller, Sayles and portunity to judge the team’s prob- | changed. —President Lowell of the The New London team is herald-| Yale seems to have her.eleven | ping up all opposition and ¥ consid- | i E e o “heen | Kline 18 back ripping holes in the McCarthy, in his inftial appearance | scouts report the West Virginia were members of the Naval Acad- it the Hartford Velodrome,surprised js composed ‘of a squad of 36 men | the Army diet with Notre Dame an him off in a hurry. McCarthy in tho | manager of the team, Licutenant| Rogers and Field lead a ripping ic is fighting every minute for Pat [y ving to beat the Hardware City | while Dezdek's warriors shift the hout wes called a draw and mot & worm furns. His anxiety to play | visible enough to Illinols. Brown is own to have a healihy gock i pooked his team to show here, | fundamentals to get back into stride using his wealth of science and skill, AP R REEE R LR PO | fairly flying around in the silk In bringing this bout to Hartora | tamant Mather asked Manager %4, | out-speed Carnegie Tech. Pittsburgh s Toading fieht prometer and |Dall fans in New Britain will have |town plays are haffling the Syracuse [ Dorsson, the sonsation. mateheq Whaling City lined up against All-|cd slate clean against Rutgers. 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