New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 29, 1926, Page 9

Speaking i of Sports. e aadadaaa ool s d il SWhat is regarded by many of the fans as the classic of the pasketball year, will be staged at the state armory In this city Saturday night when the City College club of New York opposes the National Guards. The team is composed for the most part of players who were former members of the City College of New York and upon graduation, have formed a quintet that is one of the leading fives of the country. The team which plays here Satur- day night, s not the team that was defeated by the Meriden Endees carlier in the scason. It is an en- tirely different quintet and it appear- ed on the local floor on two occa- sions last year. Nadel and Klauber, the forwards, both former stars on the C. C. N. Y. team, are considered peers in their class, Both are fast, shifty and good shots and have been making & sensational record in scoring in and around New York. Moskowitz, the ce played here last year and his wo well known to need much comment. He is considercd to have been the best center ever to attend C. C. X and as the metropolitan college several eastern championships g o great d Match and Politz, the guards, both faced the Guards here last They have been rightly guards because they hold their op- ponents down to a minimum of Das} Raskin and Trupin are the reserve material and either can fill in at any place on the team # The City College club was the first team to appear in this city with the circling style of play. This outfit keeps going all the time and no man holds the ball for any length of time. -p going in circles and keep working the ball to within shooting distance and when the ball oes for the hoop, it is usually dead. s which National club last popular. ayers that Among the various team against the Guagrds, the City Colleg - was about the mo s liked the New York p so well on their first appearanc: ;ame back ugain. Two weeks from tonight, the Mer- Endees are scheduled to op- i the tional Guards at the state armory. The has been scheduled for Wednesday night be- cause of the fact that both Meriden and New Britain play their home games on a Saturday night. appearcd iden ng Sunday, the Guards Brooklyn C. of Waterbury in Waterbury 1 Wednesde following that, the Iit- ton A. C., of Boston will be the at- traction at the state armory. Thi gives the National Guards a busy slate and the team members will + to be in the top of both play- nd physical condition to come through on top with this opposing array of court cnemices to turn down. Joe Jasper who suffered an to his finger in last Saturday ight's game against the Elmwood 1 the member The follov will play the digit was not broken as was thought. Torn lizgaments have been the verdict of the doctor and it is predicted that he will not be out of the game for any great length of time The Burritts will play the Middle- sreation five in the prelimin- ds game on wn R ry to the National Gu; Saturday night. The Middletown team trimmed the St. Mary's team of Manchester by a four point mar- in just a few weeks ago and is considered one of the strongest jun- | ams in the state. ding the morning paper, we came across the line that the Meriden Endees walloped the Natiohal Guards of New Brit other night. We know now that the writer of the article didn’t have an yeference to the so-called basketball ame. He referred fo the rough- house foisted on the public. If 19 to 17 is a walloping, we are at a loss some of the be National Guards have handed and will also be at a loss for words to tell the public what the Guards did to the Meriden Fndees after the game between the two in this city. Incidentally, re to descr we The P. & I Corbin team is about out of the running in the New Brit- ain Industrial league following its third straight defeat at the hands of tha R. & T. team last night at the Y. M. C. A. The Corbin Screw five and the Russwin quintet are tied for first ace in the league and before the n is finished, it will be a hot he would race for the leading position. Unless these two teams are stop- ped before long, they will have pretty mearly a sure thing between them. The Stanley Rule & Level team s rated as one of the best in the league, hut thri beginning of the to be a severe team. son have proved p for the Two Louisville Firemen Are Fatally Injured Louisville, Ky., Dee. 29— Two firemen were fatally injured carly today in fighting a $75,000 blaze at the Kentucky Drug com- puny, in the heart of Louisville's whol 1 distriet. Captain William A. ant chief of the fi Fisher, assist- » department, went to his death when he slipped | while standing on a small ledge on the third floor of the burning build- ing directing his men. He fell to the ground from his fce-covered footing and died while being rushed to the city hospita res ater. fell tain Fisher had occupied and he, was crushed to death by the fall. Webb, a fow same minutes from the epot ( too, this | il named in the | tings the | out | | @ecide the outstanding contender for e losses at the | [ Towa NEW BRITAIN WITH THE BOWLERS FRATERNITY OVERTIME PLAY TO LEAGLE GAMES Dixies and Whippets Finally Win Out at Boys’ Club Group B Standing W. L. 3 3 ALLEYS SOUTH Caswell Schelcker Schaeffer % Kranfer C. May Leupold Helnzman H. May { Waiters Dixies Panthers Whippets 3 Whirlwinds 1 4 Overtime periods were the rule in| the Boys' Club Intermediate Group B league last night, both contests being forced into extra time befors | decisions could be won. The result | of the two close battles was that the Dixies were tumbled off their perch |and the Panthers and Whippets;Dalton |climbed into a three-ply tie with|SPurvey | them for first place. | The Panthers and Dixies fought !through four quarters of close | guarding to a 5-5 tie, Zembrowski scoring all the points of the league aders and Marcavich and Mari- ietta those of the Panthers, Most of the overtime period passed without| | turther scoring, but, with 20 sec-|i&\, | onds to go, Grabowski got away and | C. Mancint scored the winning basket, giving|Bartus | his team a 7-5 victory. The sum-|J: Mancini C. Walker Needham T. Walker ROGERS ALLEYS STANLEY BUSH Buicks . 85 LEAGUE Al Johnson Bruno Kulle 102 80 11 103 93 101— 2 459 Stankiney Milko Wollman E. Skinger 58 414 Cadillncs T 5 i Panthers ! R 0 0| Ginter 0 | o 1 69 I | Marcavich, 1t “(irf\l)o\\'ski. c Marietta, rg | Olewnik, 1g | (Forfeit 3 games) Auburns s 51 3 100 132 | Zembrowsk | Koveleski, 1t | Paretta, ¢ . | Marholin, rg Vasnick, 1§ \dams, 1g rf untl . Gunther Herdletn lers 92 .79 .8 LT . 88 413 Packards D) . 86 .84 51 83 93 51 54 105 “s 2 1 | | The Whippets and Whirlwinds | Kaminsky cngaged in a game fully as fierce, | Bates the end of the fourth period finding them deadlocked. The extra ses- sion was a hot one, but the Whip- pets won out when Normant was fouled and dropped in his free toss ifor his only score of the game, bringing the game to his team by 11-10. Sartinsky and Block starred. The summary: i Whippets Fld. 35 4 92 54 109 . Skinger | Adams Rynire Kenna Lucenta SPECIAL Landers Five ‘100 o 12 s | Davis Goodrow Peterson Volhardt Cook Fl. Tt Jervis, it 4. .. Sartinsky, 1t .. everouskas, ¢ | Boehnert, rg .. ormant, Ig Winkle, 1g . 100 119 501 Judd Five Kenney | Hammarborg 11| Josephson | Dahistrom Ty, | Beil Block, rf | Sokolowski, 1 . Backus, ¢ ... | Pelligrini, rg e Ig Parker & Buckey Bakers 99 104 the club, aturda disrupted other leagu ularly scheduled on heen somewhat holidays but played off their games {last Thursday and Friday and will L} Farmers Milk .98 ‘142 Bt Co. T e 97 1 Perkins . 91 B 3| Manufacturers of Sports Goods Dis- 9 | Representativ a2 |silk football pa 7/ but must be worn ¢ DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1926. lighter th thall pant ; Shoulder pads and head gear also Hart & Cooley Giris [nave ightened. Time was when Einlg | Dloky ,|a football player carried about 15 pounds of equipment. Reduction to a ‘m\nlmmn will send a 1927 model Gog |INto action with not more than eight | | pounds excess baggage. The coaches started their annual 331 |meeting with a recommendation —— |from the board of directors that a 240— 746 | halt of two seconds be called on line CHANPS RETAINTITLES | oot limit of the shifts. | i \ | Burnham an old-style pair of | Volhardt | | been 80— 233 Al 3 Corridan Pellegrino Statistics for Year Show That 176 |Appeal is Made to Commissioner Champlonships Changed Hands | Landi or Rignt of Player to Re- In 1926. | fuse Free Tlcket. New York, Dec. 20.—(-—On! S 0 about per cent of the sports| New York, Dee. 29.—(P— Agita- | champions, teams or individuals, {1On to curb the intentional pass in that ruled* the roost at the start of | Vascball has been revived with an 926 still wave their scepters aloft as |2PPeal to eball Commissioner the year draws to a clo 1dis for a rule giving the batsman e o |the right to refuse “free tickets” and | This is revealed by examination of | roniain at the plate until he elther a list of 247 championshins in 30 }ig yotireq or connects for a.safe hit. | branches of athletic activity here | mye prygential Insurance Athletic and abroad. sociation of Newark, N. J., an or- It shows that 71 titles were suc- ization which claims 3,000 mem- cessfully defended while 176 were has made this recommendation lost with the previous holders over- to the commissioner. In reply, the | whelmed by stronger talent or vic- [haseball chieftain promised to tims of the “upset jinx” that beset |present the proposed amendment to champions on all sides. the playing rules committee at its | Of the major sports, only rowing |meeting next month, | and swimming showed a majority of | Contending that the intentional champions successfully defending |pass to heavy hitters has cost the | their titles, five out of eight rowing [game “many a thrill” the association titles and fifteen out of 28 swim- Lecommends amending rule sec- ming crowns were retained. jtion 2, to read that “the batsman may Tennts, with “Blg Bill" Tilden |Vaive his rights to his base after chief among those toppled, wit- | {OUF balls and notify the umpire that | nesses the biggest championship |hO €lects, with the strikes charged | carnage, sixteen out of nineteen title | A5INst him to count, to hit a fair | holders being bowled over. National | Pl or be retired. Should the pitcher track and field sports for men and |CONtINUC 10 piteh balls and fall tog women showed 20 out of 43 titles |PUt out or strike out the batter, and | changing hands. Football witnessed [Should three additional balls the shifting of nine out of 15 cham- | Dten called, the Dbatter takes third | pions while professional hoxing, VAse, those on base, it any, scoring | with nine crowns involved, saw five | UP transferred and a sixth orphancd by | The major ieagues a few years ago Kid Kaplan's retirement. |attempted to stop intentional pass- The overtirow of champlons was |IN§ DY forbidding the catcher to step complete in major league bascball, outside the catching lines to receive professional billiards, bowling, horse | the ball but it failed to accomplish racing, ice hockey and auto racing. FOOTBALL PLAYERS WAY 01 Liberty Bell Wi LOOK LIKE CHORUS GIRLS Be Heard Over the Radio Philadelphia, Dec. 29 (P)—Follow- ing a precedent established a year ago, Mr: W. Freeland Kendrick, wife of Mayor Kendrick, will ring in the New Year on the Liberty Bell at | Independence hall. Together with a | patriotic program, the sound of the | historic bell will be broadcast by adio. IFollowing the ringing of the Liberty Bell, the state house bell, in | the belfry of Independence hall will tolled 150 times denoting the number of years of American in- dependence, play Grid Pants in All Colors of Rainbow. New York, Dec. 29.—(@—TFoothall oaches will have an opportunity | next season to deck their pl s out in attire worthy of the stage chorus. s of manufacturers of |sports goods were at the annual meeting of the American football coaches assoclation today to display nts, weighing three {to four ounces, in a score of color: | The silk pants, resembling | lingeric ot play the ga r harne | nishing protection from the falls o | be expected in the course of an aft- | emoon’s play. The harness, however, BRIDGE SITE Y., Dec. 20 (P —The York Champlain Bridge com- d unanimously S/ day that proposed bric Champlain, linking the states o York and Vermont, should span the lake between Chimney Point, N, Y., Fort Frederick, Vermont. | New fine ssion de alone fur- tand carry ont this week's schedule on ]‘Y'v lay. re as fol- lows: o standings a Intermediate A League W T, Pet. 4 1 800 1 800 | : 600 600 .200 .000 |Cyclones Comets 4 3 CAGABA DE NUCCA 0 League w NAMMA GAMMA G| Pet. 1.000 .500 600 400 200 000 | SPORT BRIERS GoW WoPPA MUTZKA = By the Associated Press. A onbiny 6Ei$1,200 for Ivory alone | has been made for the 15.2 balkline { billiard title match next week be- tween Eric Hagenlach: and Willie Hoppe in New York, Twenty sets of { bals costing $20 a picce will be avail- {able to the players. | Prediction by Tex Rickard that | Sammy Mandell will be one of four title-hold to be dethroned in 1927 | has drawn a reply from the light weilght champion that ickard will | lose his title of world's champion boxing promoter, t00.” Rickard fore- | cast that Mickey Walker, middle- | weight, Pete Latzo, welterweight, | ana Charley (Phil) Rosenberg, han- tamweight, also Wil yleld their | mantles. Returning to New York today from his brief vacation in Maine, Gene Tunney denfed acceptance of | terms from Promoter Humbert J. | ugazy o defend his heavywelght title against Jack Delaney in New York next September. Tumney said vait to hear from “other | promoters” and would let the public = TR WANTT0 KN Lis crowa. Indications are that nonc of meri golfing champions wiil nvade England next summer as a vesult of the conflict in open title | tournament dates. Walter Hagen, | protessional king, Bobby Jones, win- ner of the British open last year, | Jess Sweetser, first native born | American to carry off the British amateur crown, and George Von Elm, conqueror of Jones in the | American amateur, all have decided | to remain on this side of the Atlan- tic. FIGHTS LAST NIGHT | P idget Smith, Rychell, 10. Henry Lenard, it Joey Clein, Milwaukee, Torbes, Columbus, 0., McArthur, Sioux City, Ass 1go — York, 1 fought a dr Chicago, b 10. Harry beat Earl 10 Denver—Jack Kane, Denver, beat 1 Riatt, Minneapolis, 4 ttle—King Tut, St. Paul, Al Graclo, Spokane, 6. 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