New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 28, 1926, Page 8

8 NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1926. :“\'--‘4&““ ® 3 L L e e L Al A s e LA A L L A BOB O’FARRELL NAMED MANAGER OF CARDINALS Bill McKechnie Formerly of Pittsburgh Pirates Named As His Assistant-—Catcher Signs a One-Year Con- tract — Worked in Every Game oY the World Series—Highly Popular With Other Players—Will Make No Radical Changes in St. Louis Lineup. S DLANVILLE LOSES 10 TRADE SCHOOL Local Team Swamps Champion Quintet by a 31 to 13 Scare S.—(Pr— With t former . Louis, De world arrell, the bu Louis drive to ret of 1926. The appo manager nager couch was 3 ¢ Bill McKe week in ¢ the berth to the Ne The new year contrac ot County Y. Standing W ool max in the night ol gym. nville with a basket led this and d to a time, gaining steadily 1d by half eral others be of doing ry Roc school, with ned e i |} much help orking from the Klainvi fouls ar within an Captain He iwell stard the 1ve obta d, “O'Farr ies neces founda basket. wville, to one for Pla without the The s State Trade School a dete best popular w aith In O'Farrell’s o Cardinals through campaign.” who mes o v ability to I another succ The new ma in 143 of the lar Cardinal sched summer, worked in every game of the world last Plainville Y R Morrell. Miiler, Sehiwa Personal Ar 4, Rockwell chemin 2—12; Carlson W. Schwab 2, Bergen 1, Miller Free Micszkow Arena § Rockwell 4, Frost, Benoit son, W. Schwab Bergen, Schwab, Miller 3—10. R timer, score Phantoms Win Smith 3, hwab BOB O'FARRELL Nixon; ed out a batti aver- » season sehool Most V won 2 ms star hails egan, 111 with a pair and k made his first Lrance lead throughout the first half. fessional haseball in 1 third quarter the school | His first eam on it and soon was | but in fourth Tuabl 1me i i van, in a trads IFrom a ackstop he v he Cardin rond H t iantoms nd came rush barely won Phantom A. ( ment, “I think O'Farrell very good manager, a 11 the luck in th 10 ABOLISH THREE MAN ATHLETIC COMMISSION world.” Trade Scheol second Control of Iox n New York State By One Man is Poreshadowed hy Action sonth Church Piay Brower nd Wil ner, former v thority. Brow lown count by 14 READ HEBALD €1 ASSIEIED TR YOUR WANTS ADS smokir | BOYS' CLUB WINS ' TIFTH STRAIGHT TLocaIs Down Torrington Five in| a Slow and Uninteresting Game | | The Boys' Club chalked up its Afth | ht the night by downing the New City Five | 18, in a slow and With last year, vietory of season last | of Torrington, sting uninte ame. the two | wins at the end of the | club has now taken seven games in sion, but the greatest menace to its streak looms in the Water- | bury Bo; Club, which is scheduled | to play here next Monday night. This cently gave the Southington rd sucee team Pext New Britain club unless the sho ore than it did last night. | After a minute of play Kley made | zood a free toss, following two min- utes later with a field goal. Guf duplicated the latter and so did G making it 7-0 before Clark fin ored for Torrington Goffa and | Kraszewski brought the count to, 11-2. Clark made another goal and with 15 seconds of the quarter left, | Torrington took time out. The visi tors could not stand the pace of the | club and were on the verge of exhanstion at all times. The second period was v | with a basket which by a air tossed by Gill and Kley. Gill's foul point the only other score of the session, which was marked by | poor passing all around and closed | with the club ahead by 16-6. | Zapatka and Levin went in for| Britain in the second half but team continued to play errati- fol- | nd | nd Sliva | cw away st period | latter | | | | | | ly i ew tha cally. lowed by t one hy Scovil were sent 1 showed the only real basketball of the evening, Gill, Kley and Sliva all scoring on well conceived plays Gill's ubiquitoy 1k fea for the winr nd the clu led the scoring with 12 poi rs played well individually could not coordinaté their efforts cept at widely spaced intervals. In their defense it must be said that they were given littie opposition or incentive to play their b New City Five lacking dribbling and shooting and refusing to take th game ot st, enduranc awkwardly, gam marked ut was ¢ t, as had only five men with them re allowed to th 1 nohody cared. Clark w the ton player would could with cf All visitors had fout and nonc put any in. The summary Joys’ Club ot} ket Gill, rf, (Capt.) Zapatka, If raszewski, 1f Kley Sliva, L Gofia, | New City Five, (Glaric of N Gammon, If-c ... Hand, c-1t Scoville, 1g, (Capt.) — Kraszewski Goffa—3; Clark 2, Gamnion I coville 2 Free tries— Gill 3, Kley 2, Goffa 2—7; Calrk 2, G-nmon, Hand, Yale, Scoville—o. Referee—Avery, T imer—Aronson Scorer—Parker. Reserves Win The Boys' Club Reserves took preliminary game from the Dixies 45-20, starting late to bury their op- ponents in the second The Dixies led at the end of the first a by 7-5, largely due to the of Kloiber. bt by the longer riod the Reserves had 1 advant he Dixies m: v irre error by benct Kioiber start of the halt and the Reserves v Parparian an Personal fouls the half. rter of Karpinski A while th scoring Dixies nd Compazne wed for s Boys' Club Reserves I'la none 2 Michalows) ame and will beat the * the o to Heilmann. Left on bases—Cl an balls—0ff Bol? BY BILLY EVANS Scandal has again crossed baseball Lorizon, ineriminating of the gamc's greatest stars. Seven the two years ago the sport world | rtled by the knowledge that s of the Chicago White pired to throw the 1919 world series with Cincinnati. It was a terrific shock, one that for a time had baseball on the ropes. The national pastime soon revived however, becanse the fans realized he game was far greater than any individnal star or group of stars. Now, seven years later, two of the grea ayers of all time, two idols of t e involved in a scandal t surface app to be a.air as was th 1819 expose. It an easy matter to excuse some of the White Sox players on the ground of lack of intelligen A player who could neither read nor write certainly couldn't be expected to give b ion to the moral crooked transac- the as y an was tion. One of the W Sox players could neither read nor write; eral others were but sligh vanced, intellectually. It was casy matter for the slick gamblers, ided by a couple of the sm players, to draw the slow thinker: into the gambling coup that for a time rocked the very foundations of hasehall Ty Cobh, gre ite sev- mor test ball player of | all t and Tris Speaker, the in- | wparable, are men of education, | n m supposedly superior in- tellect. s hard to imagine these | super-players of - super-intellect as plain fixe What makes the more incongruous i the fixers, if in this ca gambled for petty rtakes. There was no hig killing to sway conscience or mo: according to the allegations. It is difficult to picture Tyrus Raymond Cobb and Tristam Speaker as fixers, for hers we have two of wealthiest men In basch a millionaire, playi with marked hinodatarithell the fact that | Cobb and &peaker have pa They resigned their mana shortly before the allecations a them were made publie. Sport foll likely to con- it g scan that brought to such an yrupt elose them for ¢ rather than eds of unanestioned dia- atry they so oft per- nst rs was this i As for hasehall on its y. The gar 3nd 2. Struck out | that | wonld | club that fore the rise of Col 1 will continnerto fl ninors, 1 good catogot = nmeonditional —By My cague, m to ational | his service c ot with a anted \ 1gue clul Leonard illed the beans, o fo The facts make it seem that actuated Leo sonal revenga ha throughout the n hig efforts how, he de him those wh The attitude present expose Pis temperame the was r is 'd o entire affair. to st ' him to the miners. of Leonard rathe a playe ng of baechall, T a real per- ard Balked < in the ided to drag down with m he believed had in the typical of To use ard never me guy. Chorus Girl Temperament Teonard was one of tho: thing but S had fooled cven time a t % When or ¢ an error, miscue as a bre stage would put to s a Ziegfs s ealled of his teaminates made accepting k of the game, he stor me any ot 4 beauty when some instead of » pitchers strike galnst Ny him, 1he that burst of mir- er presented her wth a “flivver” tn- stead of Leona always | He st which he cither had a sick arm when Leonard was good speed irve a e He dotad on pitching ag: | that had five or six I {ters In the lineup. Left-handed 1 considered casy picking ters are southpaws, Does No Curve ball pitche old ball in Hy curve is largc purchaso the play. was one of tiiose ed to pick hi would pitch often to t was e stomach or a and a v truly great pitcher, proper heg a influenced pitcher the expected Rolls Royce. chers ms . hut factiy 1ed to work against a ed his stuff. hpaw with fast-breaking had h 1 te nded bat- ts for i00d e to bre an the by the gets on the i ON SCANDAL D Here are the four former Ameri- cgn league stars involved in the lat- st baseball scandal as exposed by “Duteh” Leonard; Judge Landis, who invest d accusations of the former Doston Red Sox-Detroit pitcher and the box score of the ame on which the bets were al- -d to have been made. the weh easier to new one nmpire tossed a new to Leonard in a he immediately would blues ahout how in charge of th but new fact, when ches into his ball pocket 1, he hasn't any idea what Kind is coming out, new or old Leonard's accusations, regardless of the truth or falsity of them. have rood. They hav what he has regarded as a dragging into a most mothers, vers in- brand the any done n istied personal seore, mplea situation the wives and children of the pl volved What price enmity? s account of the scandal 8 how just how the “Dutch” Leonard can rison with the game The account ic by play r which A play game oy risen will cha of stand in compa s it was played. s follows FIRST INNING LAND—Graney flied to Lunte singled to short. flied to Veach. Young d out Harris—ONE HIT. DETROIT-—Bush got an infield single. Young sacrificed, Myers to Harris. Bush stole third. Cobb sin- sled right, Bush scoring. Cobb tol d 1 scored when Veach bounced a single off Harris' gtove. Veach stealing, O'Neill to tosses ont Heilmann. NS, 3 HITS. ICOND INNING D—Gardner flied ach. Wamby walked and went to second on a wild pitch. Smitn flied to Shorten. O'Neill singled te deep short, Wamby taking third. Myers lined to Veach.—ONE HIT. DETROIT—Shorten bunted safe- ly. Joncs lined to Speaker. smith got an infield single, and on Lunte's bad throw he went to scc- ond and Shorten to third. Boland lined to Speaker, Shorten scoring. fush singlcd to center. Bush was caught hetween first and second, atinued on following page.) el Shor (C \x Yes LEPHONE (= Hf\Nr\HB/y (Gwe me HANNI \SE\/riu—oNE- oH- Iwo PLEASE start | simply sat- | to | HHHLHLLSLISLSLLLLLLLLELELHHHLIHLLLE5062.2043 6008 £88L55855S55855 5555555588 $EHSLILIGIOBLLHLLIHLHL 50855528 LL55SLLHLSOESELL S HEHEHHLHSLESSSHLLLLLLBIOIHILDLHHL LY b8 INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE PLAY TO BE RESUMED TONIGHT — BOYS’ CLUB TEAM WINS FIFTH STRAIGHT — TRADE SCHOOL SWAMPS $ CHAMPION PLAINVILLE TEAM IN Y COUNTY LEAGUE — O’FARRELL MANAGER OF CARDS — HEAVIES FEATURE AMATEUR CARD FIIFIPIPICIRESPEEPEETIPOIVITOIITOFCEITINIPODITIIPNIPINIFTPIVIIRTFIIIIIG404 PPV CIIPECITIPTPICINITFITETIVIFITPVPTIIIINTITTITTIPIICITITITTCIPOICCTIIVOGOITIPETIES BILLY EVANS’ OPINION SOLHSSESS IS 58 55568 2 @ P4 14 . @ - . e s v INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE PLAY Fir HEAVIES FEATURE ON AMATEUR CARD (Bat Battalino, Peather Champ, | o Meet Worcester Sensation tford, Dee. 28 hts will have P — Heavy- a leading part in mateur ng show to be od at Foot Guard hall Thursday |evening of this week by the Massa- Isoit A. C. | The card shapes as one of the best ever arranged for the delectation of amateur fans in Hartford and vi- nity. Although of the come in the classes. In the featherweight class, it cxpected that Harry Devine, Wor- cester sensation, will mis with Bat Battalino, Hartford boxer and Con- neeticut featherweight titleholder. Devis heen battling amateurs three years; he was a fly- weight when he first launched out and has milled his way through the various classes until now he is a full-fledged featherweight. The Worcester boy has engaged in 41 bouts and has registered knock- outs in 19 of them. He has lost but {four decisions in the 41 starts. He the stiffest opposition of Bat- cavies hold the center he chief bouts will and 147 pound stage, t 147-pound Roy The entrants in the class are Pinkey Kaufman, Hogan and Leroy Carley. Carley, who hails from Worcester, hoasts a record almost as good as that sported by Devine. He has compiled an impressive record of wins, is a good boxer and a hard ritter. There is a big entry list with ad- Entries for all Foot Guard hall tour- naments should be filed with Fd Hurley, 15 Frederick street, Hart- ford. t FIGHTS LAST NIGHT o Assoclated Press. ew York at Eddie Andereon, Wyoming (10). J. — Joe Kurp, defeated Rocky Mich, on an Atlantie City, N Shamokin, Pa., Smith, Battie Creek, ;.’x«‘mlh-m:\l foul, (5). | = | Newark, N. J.—Ray Miller, Chi- cago, scored a technical knockout |over Mickey Chapin, Scranton, Pa. 1€9). N. J. — Blas Rodrigiez, Tommy Dundee, Trenton, {Mexico, defeated |Camden, N. J. (8). Louisville— Columbus, Memphis, Tidget Mike O'Dowd, won from Pal Moore, (12). Milwaukee, Wis.—Tony Zill, ledo, Ohio, outpointed Mickey Me- Laughlin, Milwaukee, (8). Joe Jaw- on, Milwaukee, shaded Billy Drake, Germany. Howard Bentz, Milwau- knocked out Johnny Nolles, (1). To- | Fights Tonight | Chicago—Midget Smith | Rychell; Henry Leconard |Clein: Harry Forbes vs. |Arthur. vs. Ray Jooy Me- vs. Earl in the | ditional entries coming in cach day. | dre Routls, Franee, | T0 BE RESUMED TONIGHT 'Russell & Erwin and P. & F. Corbin Quintets to Furnish | Feature of Evening — Both Teams Striving For t Place Position—Loss of Joe Jasper Seriously Cripples Last Year’s Champions — Corbin Screw Meets New Britain Machine—Dancing to Follow., League Standing L. Corbin Serew ..,. . & K. Corbin ;. | Stanley Rule | Stanley Works Landers B N. B. Machine Play In the {Basketball league will be tonight at the games featuring. the evening will be snappy Corbin Screw and the ifinal windup will be between the |Russell & Erwin five and the P. & |F. Corbin quintet. The first game should bhe a hot hattle because of the marked fm- ipro\'~ ment in the play of the New- maiics. The Corbin Serew quintet stands tied for first place with the |Russel. & Erwin crew and cannot |aftord to lose a game while the New Britain Machine team hasn’t broken into the winning column yet and {would like nothing hetter than to {come through against the league |leaders tonight. The feature contest of the night |will be the battle between the Russ- win and Corbin fives. The Russwin team will have its full strength on |the floor while last year's champlons |will present a crippled but brave |front to the opposition. | The loss of Joc Jasper who suffer- jed a broken finger while playing |with the National Guards last Sat- lurday night, will be keenly felt by |the Corbin team. Joe was one of {the mainstays of the five at forward and Coach Harry Ginsberg will have {trouble in finding a man who works {as smoothly as Joe does. Dick Gor- |man who has been playing sensa- {tionally with the Corbin team this |season. will probably be placed at {forward although he has been in a Iguard position, while Parker may |also be used tonight. The first game will. be started | promptly at $ o'clock and the sec- lond contest will follow closely after the finish of the first. Dick Dillon {will referee and dancing will follow the games. SPORT BRIEFS By the Xssoclated Press. | Bob McAllister, “flylng cop,” will lattempt a sprint comeback this win- {ter. The former mational dash {champion, whose retirement was forced three 3 ago by a strained tendon, has filed his entry for the K. of C. games in New York on | January s. | | | 000 New Britain Industrial resumed . with two t game of between the five i a Recause “Bubbles™ Hargrave played in more than one hundred |games, the Cincinnati catcher is en- “n!lod to recognition as national [league batting champion with an |average of .3 thinks Prestdent |John A. Heydler. Other observers [have been inclined to rate Ruba | Bressler, his team mate, at the top. | Bressler hit .357 for $§ contests. | American boxers are in too much lof a hurry to auit Harry Persson of ISwoden, whose heavywelght titla |hopes were dimmed last week by a |defeat at the hands of Jimmy | Maloney. “You live too fast and | work too fast over here,” he ex- {plains. “Your hoxers are always on |the go. T could have heaten Maloney |if only he had given me time. But | he was always in a hurry, refusing to relax.” S = SUEN ) ONE TWO OH * JEVEN NO NO! NOT 7120 By BRIGGS | GoTeHa Q. K- | - TwoO SSHimr=———0r 'LL REMEMB NUMBER SURE ~ 7012 -7Q12 ~7012 - 7012 SR THAT HANNIBAL WANT THERE IS Trts HANNIBAL SEVEN ONE - OH - TwO { WELL | CRAWF PERSON © WHAT! | To SPEAK To MR \ 15H- - NO (RAWFISH!| ISN'T ANY SUCH J ? OF ALL THE ROTTEN SE You ANY OLD NUMBER THEY WANT To " RVICE ! ThEY GIVE J_/\/ —