New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 27, 1926, Page 8

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1926. mbusammwuwo»mn»»“0»;omuobmuuuA“o”ubmauuu»»»ua»u»»mmw us“»su»soomngmoumomu»» 4 3 i $ NATIONAL GUARDS BEAT ELMWOOD IN CLOSE GAME | Forwards Held Without ing Guards—Sturm, Kilduff and Reynolds Feature! On the Floor—Visitors Threaten Right Up to Last | Minute—Joe Jasper Suffers Broken Finger in Fall| and Taylor Gets Split Eye—Burritts Win. the | York at | Elmwood Saturday | y night by th 1 1 1 1 1 National Guards, darton, yior 2, instein, Reynolds 1. Darton, J Friedman 6. r 15, Scor- Fried- Jasper Thorntor lLarso! Dillon; b Preliminary the preliminary 1 interesting conte of rritt A, C. team 1 lineup and West Ends of | n early lead. But| ion of Pete a into the, lineup the game | a nip and tuck affair with the | tin toam in the lead by a | it the finish in at guard and Simp- | when t hal Joth showed con- and at times drib- . defense of A4 points. have been eir games ve failed to put g £oBlg L Dhs T tes s sasor has it rapn: | Eamejtoitie the Al S iibiean ot 5o 2 loenters | Biite gl . oA el iy Ayl oi rors | bosona Thil wards; and Gennette ~2d Whitman, | realizing P rton four | Barton game its oppone en gained the injec s to Simpson Thornton | w Ne 41 t t center arly over. siderable speed through t W ha o3 score for irm | son tho fi r field k. Kil- | and took | Ve through for anoth was ne minute the floor ir of ha in came conl at m down ap wards { Balf am Lt when 108 field some- the The that to win second Guards, thing had to be game, came © 1o start things 50 sccond was resumed. R field goal mark, he shot for 14. 1 hit Elmwood local fc TRubinstein or find t hasket. Rubi playing a sweet floor game shots for the hoop. thou, wouldn't go i shown done n used i ily, e lineup it Ya- play ¢k in the S er cohowit man, TRADE SCHO. TS PLAIN 1w, TONIGHT Action T The & | ing neither and could wards closely Taylor Morc Is Promised For This ein but b h clos: loc shots. | evelop into is Week in Y County Bas- 1 keiball League e Is | in starts asy More the the and | ion is promised cague this riod bein is in werk over siums and play- | One game in| scheduled for| Trade school postponed contest the Senior High | Irade school has won| impressive margins be one the ¢ league. Plain- 1 church a and five-m hristr ik a the middle of the Then for seven long minutes, cide coulid score, the ball firs from ons end of the conrt r without being dropped throt mn more, ious rom near ones to T its invil oo, The 12- Zain ¢ minute marl tsy s by me W adde Friedman point of the rou to sint of P gr is expreted to this evening. | 1 fast ong field point mad half 14-minute sanl ek smoot should be I'omo night, if present p carried out, South chu Manchester to play the| city in a post-| vers will mect AT, to omobile. Ar- being made ing M. C team sday for a with South gton seheduled v Britain Comets this not been ki mor e another. to floor on a New rd t the 17- wed forw and to b minute with on m for night rwards has time, nding a 8ood 018(1r all-ways! tion | ican | hout IN SPORTS HIGH Any Field Baskets By Oppos-|Many Leaders in All Lines Died Daring the Year New 1ed three most colorful figures in 1 Plank, coa nia; ring weigh | bail map. Ga ge, sons without defe at the a arena foeman ty Mathewson. il Plan from t plebi Chr figure sl it me twirling for the a trinmvirate nd Jack Coombs. formed | Bender 4 et ring's most active Atlantic City denly ated York, fumous d's champion Andy of the Univ, Dec. Smith, it and Harry Grel figure t champion. h died in J. ness dating from s nia, st to put ¢ blden k, he in nee He suc 19 fullback Smith Jear: t not of a former k P ~Death of the sports world's 926—Eddie southpaw Athletics of 1910- noted foothall v of the of Califor- pictu n A wh resque niddle- nuary after an ill- { cold contracted Penn-Cornell game nksgiving Day, on former ile at went to the alifornia on the ceded so well that under his tute- went through five foot- straight sea- of long passed | afte »r his other days, Zddie had not major league compe the Jelleral League w nories remained of his grea 1 ), onl. at after failing posedly nose. In th oppone the W Flow: on in . Georgia Negro, 5 hirteen ents | engaged in nearly ranging weights to heavyweights. middlewelght title 1923 and lost it to Tiger fi, to rally minor oper: ars in with in € from from on the ring, 200 bouts against | welter- H Athletics, when he | Chief and still one of the ures died sud- | )etober a sup- on his Grel e won from Johnny last Febru- Greb fought Gene Tunney.five winning and losing the Amer- tim light h ship in two battles marine. Joe Thomas, famous middleweight t of 15 pugilis at Bos I Th T | pino 1kee with Tnd., o5 e w | had died, | succumbed | knockout by the New York in cond Filipino hoxer in die Pancho Villa, flyweight titleholder, | in the in Aefeat | Conn., French light he | lowing his collapse with ¥ kn, | Augns Othe presen Boxi of the was ton in was a i the lat stopped by the had heen o 8t t 1 floored bantamweight April, weigh to 20 years ago, His greatest | “ebrua round contest Ketehel which wa feree after Thoma times and | eleve t n cha with the mpion- former died with d down seven times. r S Bud Taylor of s in Dec. a short time. former worl was the other. Two other hoxers died within | ours of each other after sustaining the ring. Charles Pegulihan, | vyweight, during a fight | the climax ring cond time an opponent of Taylor's | Frankie from Terre Haute fighter event the 1924, 14, hoxer. following & i Haute, in Terre s. Joi of a tragic| It w ome off At Senc Ha i neio, Fili- Mil- bout, N s the aving | of a io was with the rtford, ed fol- ZJimer Iriedman of Boston. . 1e following day, Minneap | Minneapolis serglund, | neavyweight, out - tine of ar t, ng— d t ames I the old New York s featherw Andre at | Tommy Dixon, nineties; succumbed lands of the St. Paul. were weight pugilist a asper Leon, Horsc nkir and n Knapp, caine Covent . an + bl n e nent liam T old €t son ar ers in er Pittshurgh n nin National 1 ¢ James Hu Golf: T, Kentueky Fair, for club; ry N ue hall ern 1 figure nd 1 1 vssional Miscellaneous rima La cials Chan nt of Racing: . president ope t 1 in national game; 1, who pitched for 10y Cay Hutchins icago te a4 National Bierl nd Brooklyn old-time 8D William Flying sports figures who taken wena by death included: past om irc wley, te hoxing law; ght Anc and wi b antan ding of the ing Laurel Ha Duke, bony; red ribhons. an O gue m1 Louis s cheek Hitc irtin eil, and long prom- ! pr after Carl the ther of boxer lerson. restler, C'hicago gunman's feud; N, Towe Maryland track, 1= k noted r who saddled Preakness and | Derby winners and internationally known horse- and winner of more t and Relle an 2, esident Wil- 1in An- League twirls iham, el form g0 pro- Jordan. & Xk m player irector of the ( Meet pges in ppre Today It o (¢ ind officlals ook compels team d stop a vill b ip for ¢ ard ending initial conelave me o8 of cur by te “r movin wn, for alre m Foothall Coaches and Offi- msider tion to astern gath- annual iy i w ne ) come ® 10 pver today the pass W rule to a ir with hu en t a four brings foothall 24 | and | womwnmw«mwwmvvmowmwvnmnMmmn""m'n«wvmnvo"vtcwvwvcnwcc«‘wnwmmm 199 DEATH TOLL | COAST GETS GOLF TOURNEYS | (BY JIMMY POWERS) “They ain't doing right | little Ne but they will. Meaning the U. S. G. years of flirtation with caste and mid-western links is do 1 correct thing rific etheart and houor 1 i- fornia school of golf by shunting the national amateur there in 192§ or 1529 All this is the George Von tory over Bobby Jones for pure toga at Daitusrol. One cannot ignore a champion That is why the boys in the insist the national meet will the Pacific coast despite the of the northern and eastern who will have much wrestling with long railroad ticket yarda A special train from New Y Chicago, picking up route, is the sug offered. And now about Mr. Blon original the desp: by | lor rn about to! by its aftermath of Mr. sensational vie- the simon- Know to Velping stars how ahout Van Elm? smiling, shy—he the Nothin- ** hird who is of every interviewer, He has always had a haunting fear of publicity and a distinet aversion patting himself verbally on the He spending the nights at Lon Angeles thing that even faintly neWSpaper reporter, e might play in fornia open. The | Lighthor: ¥ thrill of combat 1 ing 1o grip a cl 1gain, he and what | is back, long wintry lodging any- resembles a is the title Coops £10,000 Cali- held by and the vs iteh- ime play ex- is H b in big No, now cannot he bes Bobby golfer iim says it simply But the lads a 5 shyness. FFor one thing they've discove his popular nan G Gix Von Elm 1 he - and mother, hoth resi- City, Utah, h; having thres il and sincerely. | getting behind red is And so sl ve distinction o who each hold golf championship Gix, e, holds the cove natlonal amateur championship. once topped the jauntily over one Pacific northwes California and up with a be team. Leonard Von | than Gix City championship from that included h amateurs. He also holds the cham- pionship of the IFort Douglas (Golf club,. | Von Eim hampionship 15 Leroy i just 18, Aly enter the competi to Gix's consiy stepped ot with ¢ third low in the his brother ofher rth on \\vkrva‘ s older | Lk« Jeading won this ar's stal m to vielded nd was 0 capture Von I bang, e won by | Nibley | curious elib champior lenc ati srol, yo club field to ¢ tinued his driv e champions winning nine inish off a That's kids to ha one of them roy op t He con s taking | 2 spurt, | 14 hols Aamily 1 simply | and get goes out ofp “Let it it scems, is anything Btk SPRING Vogel, University o oth TRAINING TRIP Otto { the Towa, is | g training south ven gam The trip will « the regular spring 1s coached the Ic years and both Lis nine soutl - spri NO FOOTBALL Ohio We ule to CAPTAINS sleyan passod a new ptain the NATIONAL GUARDS BEAT ELMWOOD ENDEES AT STATE ARMORY IN UNINTERESTING GAME — COUNTY Y LEAGUE HAS A BUSY SCHEDULE THIS WEEK — RUSSWIN AND CORBIN TEAMS TO FURNISH FEATURE IN INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE GAMES TOMORROW NIGHT SRS ICPPVTOI VIS TR ISITEOY: RANGERS PREPARE EQREIE VON Eui 'New York Hockey Team, Crip- pled in Danger of Losmg Lead New York, Dec. 27 (®) — New York's steel-shod Rangers, crippled the “loss of their star defense Ching Johnson, today pre- for a puck bombardment threatened to shell them first place in the American | of the National Hockey | by player, pared which from scction league, Beaten last night by their metro- politan foes, the New York Ameri- | they gathered their anks for a return strug- h the powerful Ottawa ma- chine |division with ten victor nd only one defeat. After this lash tomorrow night in Madison quare Garden, the Rangers invade |Chicago to tackle the Black Hawk with whom they are now dead- | locked at the top of the American section, These { the week, two tie are the outst but there will be ther titanic struggle on rear's day when the Ottawa Sena- receive a visit from the Can- now ticd with the Ameri- s for second place. ie latter team gest upward push last wel ing three triumphs. The Scnators maintained their sensational defen- |sive record, while the Black Haw' still are well out in front as the |lcague’s best scoring machine. standing: Amerfcan Scetion one de the K, 1 | ! scor- | he New, |en Boston | Detroit | Pittsburgh Inte York BANTAM GHAMPION WANTS TITLE BOUT POSTPONED Ottawa uliens Y. Americans Maroons Toronto St Charley (Phil) Rosenberg W in | mission for More Time. Twirlers in Natlona: League Found New York, Dee (Phil) Rosenberg the state athletic scue his cha Bushey Grah A a )f the event Althoug tim AP—Charley | still has hope that | commission will pionship fight m of Utica, N. week's postponement to January 14. previously flented down to the Resin a Great Help in Keeping Hits Down. New York, Dec. - came back with resin-dusted han in the National league last fo regain some of their forme battery showe! h v cti Homs particularly ¥ rd tomorr k. b a8 affected, hit tot s McMahon, matchmaker r the league finding the lowesf Rickard, alreudy abandon. vel it has touched since 1 As plans for staging the match in M inst 634 homers in 1925, the son Squa Garden on January T, cluhs bagzed only 439 this having substituted a tween rec revealed today. Tod Morgan, the htweight Circuit hitting was steadily on the champion, and Phil McGraw of De- | bofore the resin bag: came troit. Since 1 s has flatly de- | hack Jast season. With its return, the clined to box on ginal date, | “Jack Rabbit” ball passed out. Thus observers helieve Iv co |the home run epidemic, which open to the commi will spread o an alarming degrec grant Rosenherg’s request or place 2 moadest total of 261 in 1920, him back on suspended list. | ently is definitely curbed. Rosenberg probably has been dis i 2 I making nd general team ned more than any boxer that o0 saw a decline. A winning held a title, having been on the of . prevailed incligible list of the New York com- mission for almost a year afte clining last January fo fight Gra- | ham. H 0 was suspended by the Michigan and Tilinois commissions, | latter hody r tol recognize him it r and | awarding his crown to 1ud Taylor. Itosenberg has risked his title only once here since he won it nearl » years ago from Eddie (Cannon- | bhall) Martin, ating i reinsta ago after e glory, to pur bantam- averages today run clout for increas psenb the or sion i appa cip hi team ing oy average son as ag: While ther hits this year re. { fo (¢ Runs dropped from fusir MAY RETURN TO \\I\lllll\ Suzanne Lenglen may become an mateur again if she finds profes; sional tennis boring. This is the ruling of the French Tennis Ieder; tion. However, she must wait period of five v without eng: ing in any professional competition before regaining her amateur status. defe He was v oweeks enting fo fight Graham. FOR HARD BATTLES which tops the international nding games | New | P | was | Through a proces: -Pitchers | ason | had | b 42658508380082 i aaaadadl . ] COBB AND SPEAKER BOTH ON WAY TO WASHINGTON [Both Men Are Silent On Purpose of Journey—Meeting is Regarded As a Significant One—Want Leonard Forever Barred From Pacific Coast League Parks —Officials Come to the Defense of. Commissioner Landis—Former Players Want to Be Cleared. POLO FRANCHISES ARE NOT GRANTED iAppllca ions of Dailey and Mc- Mahon Are Laid on Table | No action was Chicago, Dec. and Tris Speaker | Washington toc (P —Ty Cobb moved on to f. presumably to Inok over the bats in the federal | dugout, hopeful of finding one with ||\hl(~h to knock “out of the park’ the charges thrown at them by Dutch Leonard, former American League pitcher. Neither Speaker nor the attorney. wna companies him would offer any explanation of their trip to the capital, but the fact that Speaker and Cobb planned to be in Washe ington at the same time was regard- ed as significant. Cobb, who left his Augusta, home with the din of enthusiastic vowals of faith of his town folk in | his integrity still echoing, was cquale ticent. Cobb, however, i dicated that he will not be taken by the offi- | (‘i’\N of the American Roller I‘OIO‘ |league at a special meeting held in | the Hotel Winthrop in Meriden yes- | terday, on the applications of Ed- ward J. Dailey of this city and Den- | ny McMahon of Merlden for fran- | feq yntil he has been cleared chi Both of the men are inter- | | oonard’s charges, made public |ested in the project in New Britain | Cock by Commissioner Landis that but neither has procured a sit Where |y had taken i the game can be played. MeMahon | g “fixed” September seeks a franchise for Wallingford, | Tywo possibilities are having evidently decided to quit all (o star outficlders line negotiations with regard to New | fipst time in : Britain. Hageball | Daily, who has come into promin- 4 former team: ence in sports during the past few (nat the post o vears through his position as man- 1a ager of the All-New Britain Football | possibility team, asked that he be granted a ‘charges may be preferred in con- franchise for this city because he|nection with {he correspondence hopeful of securing a site within [ which forms the hasis of the allegas la few days. It is understood that a | tions against C'obb ser. combine of local men has been form- | Another possibility t Cobb ed which will conduct the game in and Speaker may confer with cons this city provided present plans for | gressional leaders who lave exe a suitable hall are carried through. | pressed belief in their innocence of of elimination, | the charg all the halls in the city have been in- | Two other chapter | vestigated and found to be wanting | pathy with Cobb and {either in playing space or in room i other hostile, | for spectators’ seu The only p ) | that is considered available now for | [In San I the game is the state armory on |iointly Dy Arch street and as the board of con- | William Tl ; itrol over the military buildings in | the San Franciso and Missions clubs {hie stats has fiot vet: granted pere | respeotivel d Harry A. Wil- mission to have the armories used | liams. president of the Pacific Coast for the game, no definite informa- | l-eague. to har Leonard forever from Ition can be secured on this question | A1l Parks under the jurisdiction of |until the board considers it at a!the league. e *Any man,” the letter said, “who e st conceals for seven years the evidenca meeting from Danbury, Providence | 0€ &1 alleged unlawful act and then, and Worcester. That of the Dan- | /0 Money nimmr:vllf\]n ;\,ml :u:l(:m. [bury interest was rteferred to a|lelly for revenge, sells it to damn | committes for further inves. | the Teputation of men without pr k ous Blemish, is fit fo be the ion while those of I'rovid v e ok and Worcester woro rejected because | *500 I OF BErert TIERS jthe cities are too far removed from | oy A AR T et the scope of the American league. |y oo O AEE RS L0l e om | Tife installation of a polofteam inifi s vt o ey e S S e this eity would be just the thing that | "0 80T (o000 the league is seeking because New | up 10t ko Cedi | Br Is situated in the heart of |, qonally for many years,” he {the territory now covered by the | goq" “ana it is inconceivable Ileague. Besides, the Hardware City Bhould De: BUlIVI oL the things | is considered the best prospect in the | jniimated.” 3 |state for roller polo but without an | = yyjjjjams said that Landis did the available site where the game could! oniy thing he could do under the played, the chances of putting a ! as the charges would |team from here in the league scem known from other to be remote. Chicago, Charles A, Homer C. Raineault Com owner of the Chicago |owner of the Holyoke team in the | White Sox, also came to the defense (league, was elected vice-president of | of the commissioner, the leagne. He financed and super- | Comiskey, chief sufferer from the L the crection of the Valley |world series candal of 1919, coupled | Arena in Holyoke and is recognized i his endorsement of Landis with erif- {as a prominent sports promoter in |icism of President Ban Johnson of | western Massachusets. of the ve in piteher-— of hoth. One is e department may to investigate with the that blackmailing up for W re e one in syma Speaker, the were written yesters ce | ancisco, a. letter signed Charles T Strub and MeCarthy, presidents of dived at the In of Holyoke, n League and President Navin of the Detroit Tige two men, Comiskey =aid, have made public the facts s soon as they learned of them so t the players, if guilty, could have been punished immediately, “As soon as I learned of the statements attributed to Leonard,” avin said, "I reported the matter | to Joiinson, who in turn reported to | Landis.” ' AND PREACHER In Chantilly, France, is Jack Jen- | nings, j ckey or preacher., He is pastor of the Angllcan church. Jen- | ths nings spends a pretty full d on | Sundays during the racing season | for just as soon a3 he is through | preaching he must hurry off ta th race track. His church was prac- | tically built with his moné | should | The Days of Real Sport Yow EEYow €E Yo GEB YowS* Wz \‘{ REMEMBER Now ALVA WHAT | JoLD You ABOUT GETTING YoUR FEET WET AND ComiNG HOME FoR \ DINNER .’w UNHEARD (NSTRUCTION S