New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 2, 1926, Page 12

HOSTS AT BANQUET GIVEN BY WILLIAM FL CHER—NATIONAL GUARD LOSE TO PLAINFIELD—DUSTY LEAGUE GAMES AT Y’ HIGH SCHOOL PLAYERS UNABLE TO ELECT CAPTAIN BECAUSE OF DEADLOCK—THIRTY-FIVE MEMBERS OF FOOTBALL TEAM FLEISCHER URGES BOYS LAFAYETTE TEAMS TO GIVE UP ATHLETICS FIVFYFARRECORD Warns High School Football Players That Professional (lean Slate in 1926 Gives Sport Doesn’t Pay—Advises Them to Study For a| . Place i the World—Thirty-Five Members of Squad | LIV Host Consisent Record His Guests—Each Course Dedicated to Indi\'idual: N —Graduating Stars Address Gathering Briefly. !ins e - S - slate of nine victories, the only un- defeated record in the East, !i‘\ffl}- ette’s powerful gridiron forces have rounded out the most consistent five w York, Dec. 2 (A—By finish- their 1926 season with a clean g members of the New oz s SYILING BATTLES athletics after they are graduated : i | year performance of any major col- from high school or collego unless | TY lEA[i E’x»zv in the country. they intend to take a director's posi- This was revealed today by an | tion, William F. Fleischer, host (UI alysis of competition among lead- | members o ing teams in all sections by the As-| J;COrbin Sorew Meets Landers 5o & 26 S o o and Workers Battle P. & F. powerful scoring machine of any | constdered and Michigan to have neans Two of the most pron come, the team's most loyal in the. New Eritain Ind team about 35 ain high school sav hecoming to fit yours: tion ir and do your 1ootball j ng support in 1 avoid tud sing ies, this five year stretch places it only rooter Ba strial | 11926 Southern GRIDIRON CHAMPIONS NEA § ., Dec. 2 (BY Dallas, Te The greatest all-around football team that has ever played in the southwest—that's the title that has been hung on the Methodist University Mustangs of Dallas, For the second time in four years this eleven, coached by Ray Morrison, one o greatest quarterbacks in his {he best defensive record for the | span of 1922 to 1926, inclusive. Lafayette's record of 37 vietor- | four defeats, and three ties in | he bo; “Two hree = ed the mw“l‘ \":’w‘r“'”‘ Ketbail league are on tap at the Y. can get out of the M- C. A, gymnasium tonight. Adde e My, 10 the feature games will be an add- ed attraction tonight, dancing after A ndustrial Athletic | = 4\ pama fourth on the list and | a mecting Monday, decid- : s K ol | far ahead of all Southern contenders | TR T i o ,;‘:‘\”‘ St ik _'_”‘ for national honors, has the best | i who could make enough : el b eco f any team iRlofaonld makes eroug if the attendance war. | Fecord of any over the last from the sport in the few years he punig yt, it will be continued for the part to assure him of inde- opainder of the season. The first game tonight will see > Landers, Frary & Clark team cason has heen entirely 'stacked up against the Corbin Serew | satisfactory and told them that they quintet. On the surface, this looks | could not have done better. Toward like a real championship battle. Both {he latter part of the evening he teams are nearly evenly matched. read an original poem on the Hart- On one will be found a pair of for- which won rounds of ap- wards that is b g up the league | in Darrow and Bucheri while on the other will be two who are bound to | h the heights of basketball star- Vetrano and Yacohowicz. ch of these teams is being fav- | give all the other teams in | slightly ahead of Michigan, which | in turn is only one per centage point in front of Knute Rockne's Hoo- | years is the e fessional footbal and then 1 Pleischer wred Mr. Fleischer told t ayers 1ik L a is only one¢ port ough,” that council fow boys Ange are nd that th oney money § 1A kes Centre in | —that at the hands of | 1024, in 1922 and 123, have a much higher rating for the five year period. | One of the two pushed other nationally prominent | teams down the list consistency. Stanford games in 1 but that number altogether in the | four season, and now Is at the top of the Pacific Coast Conference. West Virginia had lost only three agne a real battle for the|Rames in four seasons until this champio ear and between | ¥ear, in which the the squ » s & bitter rivalry | Were toppled four times. i that should make the battle tonight | Cornell “also slipped after being | | unbeaten in 1922 and 19 Bears had an even | when | longer winning streak checked in | the P, Corbin five, champions | 1925, losing three games that year of last season, b {anley | and six this season. Works crew led by the veteran, Jack | Michigan's defensive record is one Pelletier. The Stanley Works quin- | of the mos tet has surprised even its most san- | the Iy 1t shows that followe, < by its excellent | Wolverines permitted an average of owing on the and | only a fraction over three points cdictions are hei Ay made To- Pelletier five to na rolled up more total | victory tonight than Cornell in the five years he Corbi but the Southerners the boys that their ford gamse lost four | sts of ad we 2 srnard Le- T Witt. General Manager Fred Morin, dom Coach G 1. Cassidy, S Stanley H. IHolme Chairn P. F. Louis P. Slade, newspap tives and the toastmaster, Dr. nk Zwick Speeches by cheers and songs ning. ( lers Harry Vetrano and Milton Mucke conducted yells for everyone including the caterer, William J. Fallon. Several times during the night long cheers were sounded fer Mr. Fleischer. Each course was dedicated to a member of the their co: manager, and p irector, ward the lat ening Toastmaster Zwick called on each of the graduating members of the team suffered sett for shart specch Although most son in the Iks were short, honors for |/ a of last blow with | nia’s Golden cach guest game may prove to he | tured the eve-| i of more rest than the first floor this r | red to have ack at the be- loss of games while Gil was suf- | ately 33 poirt shortest talk e evening John “Red” Matuiis when Benny Paris was agai permitted him to However, the se- ust 18 words. ach Harry Ginsburg of | spoke are Feliman to fill the| Team Won Lost Tied John Ma- has heen proved a, Lafayette g 4 3| tuils, Marion Zaleski, Albert Feng £ has worked | Michigan Trank M L, Harold Bruce, 10 Pl e of the| Notre Dame . Amerigo Anselmo, Gabriel Bromberg |5 Sl Alabama oA Gordon h two such hattles in store for | Army. ol ke . ins and dancingz to follow the | West Virginia T games, the Y uld be pack- | Syracuse ELIMINATION TOURNBY 72 St S i et | v v Dbets have be made on both | Sanford On for 40 contests. Five year records tf outstanding representative teams are: nust go 1o W shyness poech of nates Captain Timot eams and this proves that the riv California ry between the squads is genuine | princeton first game will be started at ¢ | yale o'clock and Dick Dilion will referee Colgate CHAWPION LEADING | oup GL0RY AUCTION Billlard Cousignments of Light Heavyweighis Card At Madison Square Garden to Pro- duce Title Challenger. York, Dec. 2 (P —DMore | P T Rickard's nament to produce a challenger for the heavyweight title of Gene Tunney is in store at Madison iarden tonight, ky battlers are on a card he meeting of Jim loston slugger, and Franz of Germany. The four houts scheduled for ten rounc Maloney, fresh from three knockout is a 2-1 favorite over his rival. tourney at the arden, oney spilled Art De Kuh, promising Ttal- jan yweight. Diener with Bud Gorm irtner of Wisconsin, Kinrcy Matsuyama, King. Miscellaneous Has 126 Point Margin On Ary Bos, Light Harncss Horses Are All Challenger, That Arc Left For Sale. Wit ing to bel Ne Philadelphia, Dec. 2 only 400 poi yed in tk York, Dec. 2.—P—Miscel- 0 point match lancous consignments of light har- Xline billiard | ness horses were ail that remained impionship Matsuyama, | for sale today at the 32nd annual tleholder, today held a lead of | Old Glory auction at the Squadron 126 points over the challenger, Ary, A ry. In two days total Bos, of Philadelp} T have approxima 1,000, 800 to 675 in auction ends today Adam, the titleholder failed to = in| champion of 926 season the 18 innings. He tal-| bros price $17,000 ints for an ave of | for his owner, H. K. Devereanx, in while Bos could zather onl of yestorday's ses- an rage of 14 4-15. In| sic yme colt was pur- t block Bos scored 400 to 368 | chased by . Kingston farms of uyam Kentucky. nal block will be played to-| Second in Inter - iuy McKinney, a famous trotter, for nover Shoe com Hanover of Pittsburgh. for victories, onic salis score stood Matsuyama’s favor trotting record ansen ptior JTack Te nd San And Chicago De New York Art Buftalo, N. Y., meets Al New York. st was the Pittsbu son Kuh s = $12,000 to the } pany farms, of SPORT BRIEFS after h active Rood, BILLY SUNDAY More Rabid Statements d Presidency -1t tes Gov. AGAIN Makes BOOTLEGGERS BILLED Yikimn, Waoh. FOR NEW TYPE OF TAX dry Charley suceessful r¢ net “fore Than S00 Convicted In (¢ ranks New Jersey tackles voungster, n the Monumental city final prep for hi match in Madison n with Bushy Graham of the Middle West Will Be enber Sued If They timor: Do Not TEAM REORGANIZES to 82,548 provision, while v foothall cap- Thi etoran tack NOT ON SCHEDULE P—North- on fts | to Ir ‘ cleven yesterday s been < Gargan, coach for fhe The » =y was annou squad cing his ngh, wk Tost red as possible s three years, during which the C'rim- | | son tide has tasted but one defeat | But for the loss of five games | Alabama would | off-years also | in all-around | dropped only | next | Mountaineers | | three defeats an Califor- | remarkable features of | the ' | from opponents in 39 games. | fraction over 28 points | Dobie's | Steam-Roller registered an | | M. Landis over |the power of the high commissi that ever etarred for Vand has captured the Southwestern Con- ference championship. ‘or those who aren’t familiar with the Southwestern Conference, s personnel follows: Southern Methodist University, 3 versity of Texas, Austin: Texas M. College, College Station, Rice Institute, Houston; Christian Unive Fort nd the U y ot Arkansas, ayetteville, rison, It was back in 1923 that Morrison hegan to put the dists on the football map. That|] ar his team won for 8. M. U, i & first conference game in the history || of the institution. Not only t but the team marched on through to the conference title was the starter, ngs have been manner akin to hors: ever and their since, rivils In a name—*"wild | During the last four years, including only ' season 1926, S. M. U. has n with nly at the hands of a conference rival. That was OF LANDIS AGAIN Presiden of Yankees Wants Re- vision of League Agreement ew York, Dec jection of Americ to the continued reign of org 2 1, The oh- ( owners || Keneshaw hinged upon his agreement with the two major circuits in the opinion of Col. Jacob Ruppert, president of the v York Yankees. “I am in favor of continuing Landis in office,” the Yankee owner declared yesterday, *“but I have in > {mind a plan that both leagues ap- point committees of three men to re- vise the major minor league agree- ment and the agreement with Lan- Such changes as they recom- vend can be reported the club owners next spring, who can then adopt them and re-elect the commissioner.” Fhis, Col. Ruppert me view of a majority s hold, but his refusal the contract ch: he had in mind led baseball men here to believe that a concerted effort will be made by American league owners fo curtail ner aid, is the of the own- to specify | when the leagues hold their annual ting in Chicago Dec. National league magnates have in- dicated their desire to return Landis to office for another seven years the coming meeting though his term does not expire until Nov, 20 1627, The heads of the older cir- cuit seek no change in the condi- tions under whie Landis no rules organized baseball with almost abso- lute authority. Rupport said b have the | American ¢ the clection of T “I think nest win oper | time to c rore 1" e ex- | plained. “While it e that his | term may expi.e | has right to c | it ar ! WALKER AFTER TITLE would jority of posing ember. | nsi sees Base by} Former Welterweight — Champion Meets i ger Flowers For \nmu«—‘ | welght Crown, 180 Dec, 2 (P holder, world's 1 owers, the Geor ten round contest t cision act in Ilinois, coliseum with Mass. Must Exert Itself To Retain Its Textiles Dee, 2 (A—Massachusctis | exert itself if it is to stoy on Ioston, must he textile High taxces litions ara the mamber of the Wure 1 to Sawyer i3 of Warr Otis mi map and unequal labor con- Roland 1. legislaty south, men Halfback Chris Cartemeglia. strong the | Sooners beat S. M. T, romping over dat 9 to 7. Manager of New York Giants last season season, who back to all | Cullogh, semi-pro player Castle, Pa stap from K complete the I3343353 o1 eLsteteteeseeetsssy So far this have Trinity Universit M., the University Baylor University and itute, tian, Perhaps the performance on Methodists” however, against 8. M. U. the Tigers' L h Alissouri 5 pounds té the An rison bra main forte, Mor- rather than Mana, Left to Right—Coach Quarterback Ray ald soutl. to Texas A.|this sc Lair-raising | w zoing to do. other defeats was suf Of course he when Benny Owen Cr and Oklahoma 9 to 0 on a between two hard conferer slayer in south games. The other loss during the | to He's the last. four ye lefeat in the | prospect in this s last few minutes of play in a post-| Another Chris Cortemeg “burly | camp ast & M attle, One year when it lost to 0, after a of th red last year University of atest rs was a game wit W nia Weele il — rld. this week has not yet been selected, of New ooklyn A. C. Waterbury are after the locals. but both the Iast Haven and the I th« Dr, team, Frank cring All Sorts of Inficlders Ior requests hand to s important which will benef| Announcement that Frank Spring Training. New York, sortment of rs of all shs cred by John the New York southern base- MeG v, lot of Hants, trek to hall lands next sprin Among the former s s at Holy MeGui years, has heen tional release, for neweamers are two lever inf Mass., s coming colle to th the Am One will Holy also v cond base Cota, cap Leading 5pot ain of the last for when Me: Cross min famed int Frank Lo , Dec ter joining % + closed in Jt George Iurl LA mazoo, M Norfolk, V: ments ¢ the open, navy ch Many women he. Tt is on Slayback, ¢ BLUES T0 PRACTICE © Ranger Toothall Eleven May Play NAMES Either New Haven or Waterbury | ze of New cedent set by son, will hay Dlues will t the Tt ritain tice this evening €. rooms on Ct leaders] in New paration for dual > opponent reside That Guiltiest Feeling 56 YouvE 7 © PARLS ! wow! 18N THAT A GREAT Town THo' T I've § :\T S A Tawn ‘ATS WHAT INTERE STING PLACES THo' year most. record own fleld. rd trip to make, { regnlar stars were team and is credited one of the emartest elevens There's a saying throughout ction that you never can tell at Morrison and his Mu has officials Quarterback Gerald field general orn one ction. big star ck, 11 playe to eay to redound has (Hook) 1ard on the team for the g given lznd Since the Wa he most mes now being p F THE SOUTHWEST the feated North Texas Normal, | Centenary, Tex ot AN the for It was played on| The Ponies A couple | out of outweighed man in acrial attack is Coach Mor-|away from the Whirlwinds for a 21- He believes in [16 victory after a hard tussle. A, his | 'erony was the high scorer, shooting having | 12 baskets and being largely respon- the brawn on with ome Mann and on the t known - = wop” and “wild bull of the | 8 16 | Rocks coach of s to be he has something | all the to their been Anast his POPULAR GAHE ) Rackets Has Grown in Eng- (P ved i and cen the TWO CAPTAINS York, Dec. 2.—(®)—City col- | York, following a pre- Notre Dame this se; two captains during | football campaign of 1927 1d elected John Clarke, tackle, and Sam Donstein, a rday. Both men WAS You UP IN Joe ZELLI'S | PLACE ¢ of COURSE Yoo WERE You weren'T IN PARIS | You DIDMS'T SEE NoT__HmG. < Mustangs s Take Opening Encounters in| outstanding Southern year, s the 7 to 7 tie with the | Missouri University Tigers at Colum- bia. In that game everything was the the | resulting. in angs are |for the Whirlwinds. The score: stars, that the all-round football All-America gree his- cam s [ellomo, 1g «....e.eu. 4 the on 8. Ferony, Ig . P 1 men | own sio, star st four Kominas did well as defensiv uncondi- 10 be Among Squash : 5 ew popul 5 England It has grown remarkably since the - than twelve bi annually, it army ourna- cluding favorite thods of the Prince of Wales for | keeping in condition. FOUR ARE TIED IN RACE FOR FOOTBALL CAPTAIN Fred Zehrer, John Erickson, Louis Landino and James Scully All Deadlocked—Election Postponed By Coach George M. Cassidy—Twenty-Three Men Are Awarded Letters For Gridiron Sport—New Britain High’s Undefeated Record For the Past Season. PANTHERS, DIXIES | WINNERS IN GAMES Deadlocked with four candidates lin the field, 23 lettermen on the New Britain High school squad falled to decide upon a captain for next year's football team at an clection held at the Willlam I TFleischer banquet |last night. Three ballots were taken | without a choice being made. The candidates, Fred Zehrer, end; and John Erickson, guard, on the |regular team, .and Louis Landino, halfback, and James Scully, center, /in the first substitute ranks, 'each |had as near to one-quarter of the {votes as was possible. Zehrer re- ceived five votes and Erickson, Lan- 1.000 |dino and Scully each received. six. 1.000 | The tie started at the opening bal- -000 flot and their backers stuck to them 000 |throughout the vote. Zehrer is a {member of the Alpha Iota Epsilon fraternity; Erickson is a non-frater- nity man; Landino belongs to the {Delta XT and Scully is,a member of {the Theta Sigma fraternity. | Coach George M. @assidy, general |Manager Fred Morfn and Retiring Captain Timothy Claire were the [tellers. Tt wds apparent that the {players had made up their minds which way they intended o vote hes |fore the election because three who were mentioned before the election, e were up for the honor and one other | received unexpected support. Fid. FL Pts.| Whn it was apparent that the S Block, rf .......... 2 0 4 |plavers could not come to an agree. Sokolowski, ceeesss @0 0iment, Coach George M. Cassidy calls D. Reo, ¢ ... ..o 40 8led off the battle of ballots until a Pelegrini, T ceeee 0 0 0 |later da lviofre s 0 0 0] Following are the men who re Pl Iz el e oss 0 0 |ceived the first team's monograms Captain Timothy Claire, fullback; |John Matulis and Marion Zaleski, halfbacks; Albcrt Fengler, quarter- |backs Frank McGrath, center; John FI, pts, |Erickson and Harold Bruce, guards; A Marony it i o 19 Gabriel Bromberg and Amerigo An- S AoWskl Tt it o ¢ l|selmo, tackles; Sam Gordon and Dennis, 1f o 4!¥red Zehrer, ends, all of the first o o o |team, and Holger Carlson, fullback; G g 4 ¢ |Louis Landino and Albert Havlick, i % i |balfbacks; James Seully, center; Abe 3 |Ribicoft and Everett Anderson, {guards; Anthony Nevulis and Ed- {mund Novak, tackles; and Edward | Conley and Joseph Vetrano, ends of !the second team, The manager and nanager also received the coveted \. B The following received a sccond team letter: Assistant Man- ager John Matthews, Michael Grip, |quarterback, Anthony D'Avanzo, (eenter; David Croll, guard; Vittie |Kolosk and William Kuhs, tackles; Joe Pape, Joe Szabo, George Cher- Ipack, Ladislaw Arzylowicz, and Clif- ford Bell, ends; ano Edward Sow- ka, halfback. | Season’s Record |New Britain, 15—Suffield Prep [New Britain, 13—Norwich Acad. {New Britain, 16—Sp'gficld H. S. Britain, 22—Collegiate Prep. Britain, Troy Confer. Britain, N. Haven H. Brifain, Weaver H. & Britain, 20—Hartford H. S. Boys’ Club League Interm «.iate B Standing AR T, Panthers . 0 Dixies : | Whirlwinds Whippets . 1 The Intermediat Group B league played its first games at the Boys' club last night, two good conte The first was the better |of the two, the Panthers slipping sible for his team’s victor Kar- bonik held his man scoreless, while D. Reo was the leading point-getter i Panthers 10 1oy 8l ics had an easier {ime in the second tilt, whipping the Whip- pets 1 -14. Koveleski and Par- retta led the winners' offense, while | guard. Whippet The Di the gener: tin: he scor: v starred for the Whippe fld. Fl. Pts. R 3 0 0 Sandal Winkl Now| INew New| New " Zembrowsky, rf Wasnick, If-rg Koveleski, ¢ Parretta Komina 1 | Sl e FIGHTS LAST NIGHT New Haven, Dee. 2.—(@—Doml- nic Dagostlo of this city, was held | to be criminally responsible for the death of Mrs. Lea Rastorfer, 41 of Nerth Haven, in a finding handed down by Coroner Eli Mix. Mrs. Ras- torfer died from injuries she receiv- | #d when struck by an automobile on the Boston Post road in Montowese Kansas City, Kan.—Pete Sarmiento, | on November 20, The driver not Philippines. and Joe Rivers, Kansas | arrested until several days lat City, draw, 10. Glenn lage, Mar-| Dagostino is held by the North shalltown, Towa, outpointed Bobby | Haven authorities under honds of Cox, Jacksonville, Fla., 10, | $2.000. i | | AUTOIST IS BLAMED | ny ed Press. Meadville, —Al Corbett, Cleve- land, beat Phil O'Dowd, Columbus, 10, By BRIGGS NO - NO - \ DoN' T } BELIEUE v | WAS THERE '\E\TI—\ER e = = No- NO WHAT . Do DIDN' T You GO THERE \ GET N HIS PLACE His I CERTAINLY SAW PAR(S JusT THE SAME — i 'Ll BeT't can 9 NAME A LOT OF PLACES Yovu WERE NGVER IN! You BET YouR LIFE | | WAS IN PARIS |